Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex

Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. fimbriatus
Subspecies:	D. fimbriatus laevipodex
Trinomial name
Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex Santschi, 1919

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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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.

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.

Phylogeny

Relationships among selected Dorylus species based on Kronauer et al. (2007).

Dorylus

Dorylus laevigatus Dorylus conradti Dorylus orientalis Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex Dorylus fulvus Dorylus spininodis Dorylus mayri Dorylus nigricans rubellus Dorylus nigricans molestus Dorylus nigricans terrificus Dorylus wilverthi Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri Dorylus nigricans sjostedti Dorylus nigricans arcens Dorylus nigricans Dorylus emeryi Dorylus gerstaeckeri Dorylus gribodoi Dorylus kohli Dorylus emeryi opacus Dorylus braunsi Dorylus affinis Dorylus helvolus

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• laevipodex. Dorylus (Rhogmus) fimbriatus var. laevipodex Santschi, 1919b: 232 (m.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: 3 syntype males.
  • Type-localities: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): 2 males zone infér. des forêts, N° Daika (2200 m.), 1909 (Ch. Alluaud), 1 male Wambogo (Wa-Kikuto), st. 32, 1750 m., i.1912 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel).
  • [Note: original description merely states “Afrique orientale anglaise”; more detailed data from Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 64.]
  • Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
  • Subspecies of fimbriatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 746; Santschi, 1933b: 99; Santschi, 1935b: 265; Bolton, 1995b: 179; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
  • Distribution: Kenya, Sudan.

=Taxonomic Notes

Kronauer et al. (2007) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.

References

• Kronauer, D. J. C.; Schöning, C.; Vilhelmsen, L. B.; Boomsma, J. J. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: Article 56 (doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-56).
• Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 232, male described)