Dorylus fulvus eurous

Dorylus fulvus eurous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. fulvus
Subspecies:	D. fulvus eurous
Trinomial name
Dorylus fulvus eurous Emery, 1915

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• eurous. Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus subsp. euroa Emery, 1915g: 5, fig. 2 (w.m.) ERITREA, SOMALIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Eritrea: Keren, 23.viii.-9.ix.1914 (F. Silvestri).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1919c: 102; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 745; Santschi, 1931d: 408.
  • Subspecies of fulvus: Menozzi, 1930b: 77; Menozzi, 1931a: 154; Menozzi, 1933a: 93; Finzi, 1939a: 162; Menozzi, 1939c: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Madl, 2019: 13.
  • Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda.

References

• Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 5, fig. 2 worker, male described)