Dorylus labiatus

These are highly subterranean ants that are rarely seen above ground. They are most commonly seen foraging on the surface only after heavy rains.

Identification
HW 1.13-2.30 mm. A large, polymorphic species. Antenna always 11-segmented. Concolorous brownish yellow. Very similar to Dorylus fulvus. (Wilson 1964)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus labiatus Shuckard, 1840c: 319 (m.) INDIA (Maharashtra, Assam).
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: India: Poonah, Bombay Presidency (Sykes), and India: Assam (Cantor).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH, OXUM.
 * Forel, 1901a: 464 (w.).
 * Combination in D. (Typhlopone): Emery, 1895j: 724.
 * Junior synonym of juvenculus: Emery, 1888b: 350; Dalla Torre, 1893: 11.
 * Subspecies of fulvus: Emery, 1895j: 724; Santschi, 1931d: 408.
 * Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 80; Smith, F. 1859b: 2; Mayr, 1863: 408; Roger, 1863b: 41; Smith, F. 1871a: 335; Dalla Torre, 1893: 12; Emery, 1895j: 724; Forel, 1901a: 464; Bingham, 1903: 2; Forel, 1906b: 90; Emery, 1910b: 13; Menozzi, 1939a: 326; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 10; Wilson, 1964a: 440; Pisarski, 1970: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 179; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 26; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 22; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 428.
 * Senior synonym of hindostanus: Emery, 1895j: 724; Forel, 1901a: 464; Bingham, 1903: 2; Emery, 1910b: 13; Wilson, 1964a: 440; Pisarski, 1970: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
 * Senior synonym of laeviceps: Forel, 1901a: 464; Bingham, 1903: 2; Emery, 1910b: 13; Wilson, 1964a: 440; Pisarski, 1970: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
 * Distribution: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan.
 * hindostanus. Dorylus hindostanus Smith, F. 1859b: 3, pl. 1, fig. 1, 16 (m.) INDIA (Punjab).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: India: Punjab.
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 408; Roger, 1863b: 41; Smith, F. 1871a: 335; Dalla Torre, 1893: 11.
 * Junior synonym of juvenculus: Emery, 1888b: 350; Dalla Torre, 1893: 12.
 * Junior synonym of labiatus: Emery, 1895j: 724; Forel, 1901a: 464; Bingham, 1903: 2; Emery, 1910b: 13; Wilson, 1964a: 440; Pisarski, 1970: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
 * laeviceps. Dorylus (Typhlopone) laeviceps Smith, F. 1878b: 13, fig. 2 (w.) PAKISTAN.
 * Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Pakistan: Jhilam Valley, vii. (F. Stoliczka).
 * Type-depository: unknown (type-material lost).
 * [Misspelled as leviceps by Dalla Torre, 1893: 12.]
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 12.
 * Junior synonym of fulvus: Emery, 1895j: 723.
 * Junior synonym of labiatus: Forel, 1901a: 464; Bingham, 1903: 2; Emery, 1910b: 13; Wilson, 1964a: 440; Pisarski, 1970: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 179.

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