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Dorylus emeryi opacus
| Dorylus emeryi opacus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. emeryi |
| Subspecies: | D. emeryi opacus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus emeryi opacus Forel, 1909 | |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 3.383333333° to 0.783333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Guinea-Bissau.
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
Phylogeny
Relationships among selected Dorylus species based on Kronauer et al. (2007).
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- opacus. Dorylus (Anomma) emeryi subsp. opaca Forel, 1909b: 58 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Bas Congo”): Solon, stomach of a pangolin (Manis temminki).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MRAC, NHMB.
- Forel, 1911h: 452 (m.); Santschi, 1912b: 157 (s.).
- Status as species: Santschi, 1912b: 154 (in key), 157; Forel, 1916: 402.
- Subspecies of emeryi: Emery, 1910b: 11; Stitz, 1910: 127; Forel, 1911h: 452; Forel, 1913h: 348; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 43, 735; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 27, 84; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea.
=Taxonomic Notes
Kronauer et al. (2007) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 58, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1911l. Sur le genre Metapone n. g. nouveau groupe des Formicides et sur quelques autres formes nouvelles. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 445-459 (page 452, male described)
- Forel, A. 1913i. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 347-359 (page 348, see also)
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 402, Raised to species)
- Kronauer, D. J. C.; Schöning, C.; Vilhelmsen, L. B.; Boomsma, J. J. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: Article 56 (doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-56).
- Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 150-167 (page 154, Raised to species (in key))
- Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 5: 125-151 (page 127, see also)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 43, Subspecies of emeryi)