Dorylus fulvus punicus

Dorylus fulvus punicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. fulvus
Subspecies:	D. fulvus punicus
Trinomial name
Dorylus fulvus punicus Santschi, 1926

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.8925° to 27.183333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel, Tunisia (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.

• punicus. Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus var. punicus Santschi, 1926e: 231, fig. 1A (w.m.) TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: Kairouan, 1906 (F. Santschi).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Santschi, 1931d: 401 (q.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1931d: 401.
  • Subspecies of fulvus: Santschi, 1931d: 401; Menozzi, 1933b: 50; Finzi, 1936: 156; Menozzi, 1940: 266; Finzi, 1940: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 180; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 38.
  • Distribution: Egypt, Israel, Libya, Syria, Tunisia.

References

• Santschi, F. 1926e. Quelques fourmis nord-africaines. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 17: 229-236 (page 231, fig. 1A worker, male described)
• Santschi, F. 1931e. La reine du Dorylus fulvus Westw. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 22: 401-408 (page 401, queen described)