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Dorylus nigricans pallidus
| Dorylus nigricans pallidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. nigricans |
| Subspecies: | D. nigricans pallidus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus nigricans pallidus Santschi, 1921 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pallidus. Dorylus (Anomma) burmeisteri var. pallida Santschi, 1921c: 115.
- Type-material: 7 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data).
- Type-depositories: MSNG, NHMB.
- [First available use of Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans st. burmeisteri var. pallida Santschi, 1912b: 160 (s.w.) CAMEROON; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 740; Santschi, 1930a: 56; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 30.
- Subspecies of nigricans: Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Uganda.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 180, Subspecies of nigricans)
- Santschi, F. 1921c. Quelques nouveaux Formicides africains. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 61: 113-122 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.14442) (page 115, soldier, worker described)