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Dorylus niarembensis
| Dorylus niarembensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. niarembensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus niarembensis (Boven, 1972) | |
Identification
A member of the Dorylus nigricans-group.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).
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.
- niarembensis. Anomma niarembense van Boven, 1972: 143, fig. 5 (diagnosis in key) (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- [Note: D. niarembensis is based on a queen specimen of D. molestus (Gerstäcker), sensu Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 103, misidentification.]
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri, Niarembe, 1935 (Scops).
- Type-depository: MRAC.
- Combination in Dorylus: Bolton, 1995b: 179.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 179.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 179, Combination in Dorylus)
- Boven, J. K. A. van. 1972. Description de deux reines d'Anomma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Entomol. Belg. 108: 133-146 (page 143, fig. 5 (diagnosis in key) queen described)
- Bulter, I. 2020. Hybridization in ants. Ph.D. thesis, Rockefeller University.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.