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Dorylus fimbriatus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. fimbriatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus fimbriatus (Shuckard, 1840)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10° to -20.375°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gambia (type locality), Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
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| Type of Dorylus fimbriatus. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0901943. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fimbriatus. Rhogmus fimbriatus Shuckard, 1840c: 325 (m.) GAMBIA.
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Gambia: (no further data).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Emery, 1895j: 736 (w.); Brauns, 1903: 294 (q.).
- Combination in Dorylus (Rhogmus): Emery, 1895j: 736.
- Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 80; Smith, F. 1859b: 4; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863: 453; Gerstäcker, 1871: 355; Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Emery, 1895j: 736; Emery, 1899a: 499; Emery, 1901c: 187; Forel, 1901h: 47; Forel, 1904b: 369; Mayr, 1904b: 2; Forel, 1907e: 15; Mayr, 1907b: 8; Forel, 1909b: 52, 71; Emery, 1910b: 14; Stitz, 1911b: 375; Forel, 1911d: 362; Santschi, 1911g: 207; Forel, 1912b: 81; Santschi, 1914b: 65; Santschi, 1914d: 333; Arnold, 1915: 129 (redescription); Santschi, 1919b: 231 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 746; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1927f: 356; Santschi, 1930a: 56; Santschi, 1930b: 54; Santschi, 1937d: 215; van Boven, 1967: 55; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 356; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
- Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar), Uganda, Zimbabwe.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus crampeli, laevipodex, poweri.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 129, see also)
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
- Borowiec, M.L. 2019. Convergent evolution of the army ant syndrome and congruence in big-data phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 68, 642–656 (doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy088).
- Boven, J.K.A. van. 1967b. La femelle de Dorylus fimbriatus et termitarius. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 56: 55-60. [26.iv.1967.] (page 55, see also)
- Brauns, J. 1903. Ueber das Weibchen von Dorylus (Rhogmus) fimbriatus Shuck. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 294-298 (page 294, queen described)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 736, Combination in Dorylus (Rhogmus))
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 736, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1901l. Studi sul polimorfismo e la metamorfosi nel genere Dorylus. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)9:183-201 (page 187, see also)
- Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 47, see also)
- Shuckard, W. E. 1840c. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Concluded from p. 271.). Ann. Nat. Hist. 5: 315-328 (page 325, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
- Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
- Boven J. K. A. van. 1967. La femelle de Dorylus fimbriatus et termitarius. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 56: 55-60.
- Emery C. 1895. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8: 685-778.
- Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)
- Forel A. 1904. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388.
- Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
- Menozzi C. 1927. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte I. Formiche raccolte dal Marchese Saverio Patrizi nella Somalia italiana ed in alcune località dell'Africa orientale inglese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 52: 356-362.
- Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
- Santschi F. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1: 204-217.
- Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
- Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004