Dorylus fuscipennis marginiventris

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Dorylus fuscipennis marginiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: D. fuscipennis
Subspecies: D. fuscipennis marginiventris
Trinomial name
Dorylus fuscipennis marginiventris
Santschi, 1919

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

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

  • marginiventris. Dorylus (Rhogmus) fimbriatus var. marginiventris Santschi, 1919b: 233 (m.) IVORY COAST.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: Ivory Coast: Dimbroko (Le Moult).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of fuscipennis: Santschi, 1919b: 231 (in key); Santschi, 1919h: 91 (footnote); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 747; Menozzi, 1942: 165; Eidmann, 1944: 428; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
    • Distribution: Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 233, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 231, Variety of fuscipennis (in key))
  • Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 7: 79-91 (page 91, Variety of fuscipennis)