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Dorylus furcatus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. furcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus furcatus (Gerstäcker, 1872)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- furcatus. Dichthadia furcata Gerstäcker, 1872: 267 (in text) (q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: South Africa: (no further data).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Combination in Dorylus: Emery, 1888b: 345;
- combination in D. (Dorylus): Emery, 1895j: 718.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; Emery, 1895j: 718; Emery, 1910b: 10; Arnold, 1915: 124; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 731; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1888b [1887]. Le tre forme sessuali del Dorylus helvolus L. e degli altri Dorilidi. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 19: 344-351 (page 345, Combination in Dorylus)
- Gerstäcker, A. 1872. Hymenopterologische Beiträge. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 33: 250-308 (page 267, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.