Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri
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Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri | |
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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 burmeisteri |
Trinomial name | |
Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840) |
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Based on Kronauer et al., 2007. Note only selected Dorylus species are included, and undescribed species are excluded. |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone (type locality), Zimbabwe.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
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) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.
Description
References
- 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. 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. 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)
- 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)