Dorylus spininodis longiceps

Dorylus spininodis longiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. spininodis
Subspecies:	D. spininodis longiceps
Trinomial name
Dorylus spininodis longiceps Viehmeyer, 1914

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.

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.

• longiceps. Dorylus (Dorylus) spininodis subsp. longiceps Viehmeyer, 1914b: 26, fig. 1 (w.) TANZANIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Tanzania (“D.-O.-Afrika”): Manow, Bez. Langenburg.
  • Type-depositories: MNHU, NHMB.
  • Subspecies of spininodis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 734; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
  • Distribution: Tanzania.

References

• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914b. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79 (A.12) (1913): 24-60. (page 26, fig. 1 worker described)