Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps

Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. orientalis
Subspecies:	D. orientalis obscuriceps
Trinomial name
Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps Santschi, 1920

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• obscuriceps. Dorylus (Alaopone) orientalis var. obscuriceps Santschi, 1920h: 160 (m.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: India: Madras (Viehmeyer).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 97.]
  • [Misspelled as obscuripes by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 9.]
  • Subspecies of orientalis: Santschi, 1924c: 97; Santschi, 1939a: 147; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 180; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 22.
  • Distribution: India.

References

• Santschi, F. 1920h. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 60: 158-176 (page 160, male described)