Dorylus westwoodii

Dorylus westwoodii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. westwoodii
Binomial name
Dorylus westwoodii (Shuckard, 1840)

Distribution

This taxon was described from "South America" (locality incorrect but true distribution uncertain).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Nomenclature

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

• westwoodii. Labidus (Typhlopone) westwoodii Shuckard, 1840b: 266 (w.) (no state data).
  • Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: "South America".
  • Type-depository: unknown.
  • Combination in Typhlopone: Smith, F. 1858b: 111;
  • combination in Dorylus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 13;
  • unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Dorylus: Emery, 1910b: 15.
  • [Note: all authors repeat South America as place of origin; if correct the generic combination can not be Dorylus.]
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 111; Roger, 1861a: 45; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863: 458; Dalla Torre, 1893: 13; Emery, 1895j: 743; Emery, 1910b: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
  • Distribution: “South America”.

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 13, Combination in Dorylus)
• Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 743, see also)
• Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 15, see also)
• Shuckard, W. E. 1840b. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Continued from p. 201.). Ann. Nat. Hist. 5: 258-271 (page 266, worker described)