Dorylus nigricans sjostedti
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| Dorylus nigricans sjostedti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. nigricans |
| Subspecies: | D. nigricans sjostedti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus nigricans sjostedti Emery, 1899 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Central African Republic, Chad.
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.
- sjostedti. Dorylus nigricans subsp. sjostedti Emery, 1899e: 461 (w.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (Sjöstedt).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Santschi, 1912b: 160 (s.); Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 98 (q.).
- Status as species: Wasmann, 1916: 136.
- Subspecies of nigricans: Wasmann, 1904b: 672; Emery, 1910b: 12; Stitz, 1910: 128; Santschi, 1912b: 156 (in key), 160; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 48, 741; Santschi, 1930a: 56 (in list); Menozzi, 1933a: 94; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 98; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 354; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 461, worker described)
- 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 98, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 150-167 (page 160, soldier described)
- Wasmann, E. 1916b. Neue dorylophile Staphyliniden Afrikas. Entomol. Mitt. 5: 134-147 (page 136, Raised to species)
- 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 741, Subspecies of nigricans)
