Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri

Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. nigricans
Subspecies:	D. nigricans burmeisteri
Trinomial name
Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)

This species appears to be extremely common and widely distributed across sub-Saharan forests (Taylor et al., 2018).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 13.38675° to -5.966666°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

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.

Phylogeny

Relationships among selected Dorylus species based on Kronauer et al. (2007).

Dorylus

Dorylus laevigatus Dorylus conradti Dorylus orientalis Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex Dorylus fulvus Dorylus spininodis Dorylus mayri Dorylus nigricans rubellus Dorylus nigricans molestus Dorylus nigricans terrificus Dorylus wilverthi Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri Dorylus nigricans sjostedti Dorylus nigricans arcens Dorylus nigricans Dorylus emeryi Dorylus gerstaeckeri Dorylus gribodoi Dorylus kohli Dorylus emeryi opacus Dorylus braunsi Dorylus affinis Dorylus helvolus

Nomenclature

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

• burmeisteri. Anomma burmeisteri Shuckard, 1840c: 326 (w.) SIERRA LEONE.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Emery, 1895j: 710 (m.); Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 93 (q.).
  • Combination in Dorylus (Anomma): Emery, 1895j: 710.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 114; Roger, 1861a: 46; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863: 395; Emery, 1881a: 271; Emery, 1892d: 554; Dalla Torre, 1893: 9; Mayr, 1893: 200; André, 1895a: 5; Wasmann, 1904b: 675; Stitz, 1916: 373; Santschi, 1921c: 115.
  • Junior synonym of nigricans: Emery, 1895j: 710; Emery, 1910b: 12; Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159.
  • Subspecies of nigricans: Wasmann, 1904b: 671; Mayr, 1907b: 7; Santschi, 1910c: 352; Santschi, 1912b: 157 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 62; Santschi, 1914d: 332; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 46, 738; Santschi, 1925h: 160; Menozzi, 1926a: 39; Santschi, 1930a: 56 (in list); Santschi, 1937b: 96; Menozzi, 1942: 165; Weber, 1943c: 288; Eidmann, 1944: 426; Bernard, 1953b: 218; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.
  • Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar).

Taxonomic Notes

Kronauer et al. (2007) and Taylor et al. (2018) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.

References

• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
• Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 710, Combination in Dorylus (Anomma))
• Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 710, Junior synonym of nigricans)
• Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 710, male described)
• Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 12, Junior synonym of nigricans)
• Kronauer, D. J. C.; Schöning, C.; Vilhelmsen, L. B.; Boomsma, J. J. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: Article 56 (doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-56).
• Mayr, G. 1907b. 2. Formicidae. Pp. 7-24 in: Sjöstedt, Y. 1907-1910. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 2. Band, Abt. 8. Stockho (page 7, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of nigricans)
• Raignier, A.; Boven, J. K. A. van. 1955. Étude taxonomique, biologique et biométrique des Dorylus du sous-genre Anomma (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge Nouv. Sér. Quarto Sci. Zool. 2: 1-359 (page 93, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 352, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of nigricans)
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 62, Revived from synonymy as 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, Raised to species)
• Santschi, F. 1937b. Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 17: 93-104 (page 96, Subspecies of nigricans)
• Shuckard, W. E. 1840c. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Concluded from p. 271.). Ann. Nat. Hist. 5: 315-328 (page 326, worker described)
• Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 373, Raised to species)
• Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).
• Wasmann, E. 1904b. Zur Kenntniss der Gäste der Treiberameisen und ihrer Wirthe am obern Congo, nach den Sammlungen und Beobachtungen von P. Herm. Kohl, C.S.S.C. bearbeitet. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 7: 611-682 (page 671, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of nigricans)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 738, Subspecies of nigricans)