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Dorylus sudanicus
| Dorylus sudanicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. sudanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus sudanicus Santschi, 1917 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Chad, Congo (type locality), Gambia, Mali.
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.
- sudanicus. Dorylus affinis var. sudanica Santschi, 1917c: 19 (m.) CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Congo: Dar Benda, Fort Sibut (J. Decorse).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of affinis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 729; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Status as species: Taylor, B. et al. 2016: 549.
- Distribution: Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1917c. Note sur Dorylus affinis Shuckard mâle et ses variétés. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 8: 18-21 (page 19, male described)
- Taylor, B., Yefremova, Z.A., Kravchenko, V.D., Muller, G.C. 2016. The ants of Mali (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a historical review and new records. Entomofauna 37: 545-564.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
- Santschi F. 1917. Note sur Dorylus affinis Shuckard mâle et ses variétés. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 8: 18-21.