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Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi
| Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi | |
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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 sjostedtiwilverthi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi (Wasmann, 1917) | |
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.
- sjostedtiwilverthi. Anomma sjostedti var. sjostedtiwilverthi Wasmann, 1917: 305 (w.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Cameroon: Grand Batanga, 11.vii.1912 (G. Schwab).
- [Note: type-locality data from Wasmann, 1916: 136.]
- Type-depository: NHMM.
- [A. sjostedti var. sjostedtiwilverthi Wasmann, 1916: 136. Nomen nudum.]
- Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 102 (q.).
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 741; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 102.
- Subspecies of sjostedti: Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 31.
- Subspecies of nigricans: Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
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)
- Wasmann, E. 1917. Neue Anpassungstypen bei Dorylinengästen Afrikas (Col. Staphylinidae). Z. Wiss. Zool. 117: 257-360 (page 305, worker described)