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Dorylus diadema
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus diadema Gerstäcker, 1859
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Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Malawi, Mozambique (type locality), Zimbabwe.
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
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Syntype of Dorylus diadema arnoldi. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0905932. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
  
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| Specimen code casent0907084. . | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- diadema. Dorylus diadema Gerstäcker, 1859: 261 (m.) (no state data).
- Type-material: 2 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Mozambique: Tette (Peters).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 500; type-locality from this reference.]
- Combination in D. (Shuckardia): Emery, 1895j: 742;
- combination in D. (Alaopone): Emery, 1910b: 15.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 408; Roger, 1863b: 41; Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; Emery, 1895j: 742; Forel, 1899b: 309 (redescription); Emery, 1910b: 15; Arnold, 1915: 134; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 749; Santschi, 1939a: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
- Distribution: Mozambique.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus arnoldi, fusciceps.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 742, Combination in D. (Shuckardia))
- Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 15, Combination in D. (Alaopone))
- Gerstäcker, A. 1859. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Hr. Peters berichtete über sein Reisewerk, von dem die Insecten bis zum 64., die Botanik bis zum 34. Bogen gedruckt sind und theilte den Schluss der Diagnosen der von Hrn. Dr. Gerstäcker bearbeiteten Hymenopteren mit."]. Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1858: 261-264. (page 261, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.