Dorylus ductor

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Dorylus ductor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: D. ductor
Binomial name
Dorylus ductor
Santschi, 1939

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Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Dorylus ductorMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911281. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • ductor. Dorylus (Alaopone) ductor Santschi, 1939a: 149, figs. 8, 9, 17 (m.) CONGO.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: Congo: (no further data) (Du Buysson).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 178.
    • Distribution: Congo.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1939a. Contribution au sous-genre Alaopone Emery. Rev. Suisse Zool. 46: 143-154 (page 149, figs. 8, 9, 17 male described)