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Dorylus mandibularis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. mandibularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus mandibularis Mayr, 1896
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Ivory Coast.
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
Images from AntWeb
    
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| Syntype of Dorylus mandibularis. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0915644. Photographer Harald Bruckner, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMW, Vienna, Austria. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- mandibularis. Dorylus mandibularis Mayr, 1896: 228 (m.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: holotype(?) male.
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (Y. Sjöstedt).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in D. (Dorylus): Emery, 1910b: 10.
- Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1920d: 361; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 734; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus pulchellus.
Description
References
- Mayr, G. 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt. Entomol. Tidskr. 17: 225-252 (page 228, male described)