Dorylus funereus stygis

Dorylus funereus stygis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. funereus
Subspecies:	D. funereus stygis
Trinomial name
Dorylus funereus stygis Santschi, 1937

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

• stygis. Dorylus (Anomma) funereus var. stygis Santschi, 1937b: 96 (m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, CAMEROON.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype males.
  • Type-localities: 1 male Democratic Republic of Congo: Elisabethville (= Lubumbashi) (Le Moult), and 1 male Cameroon: Tiko (F. Zumpt).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of funereus: Bolton, 1995b: 180.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon.

References

• Santschi, F. 1937b. Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 17: 93-104 (page 96, male described)