Dorylus fulvus punicus

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
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

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.8925° to 27.183333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel, Tunisia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

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.

Description

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)