Dorylus moestus schereri

Dorylus moestus schereri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. moestus
Subspecies:	D. moestus schereri
Trinomial name
Dorylus moestus schereri Forel, 1911

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Liberia (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.

• schereri. Dorylus moestus subsp. schereri Forel, 1911e: 254 (m.) LIBERIA.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Liberia: (no further data) (Scherer).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Subspecies of moestus: Santschi, 1919c: 244; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 734.
  • Distribution: Ivory Coast, Liberia.

References

• Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 254, male described)