Dorylus fulvus glabratus
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| Dorylus fulvus glabratus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. fulvus |
| Subspecies: | D. fulvus glabratus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus fulvus glabratus Shuckard, 1840 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gambia (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.
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.
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- glabratus. Dorylus glabratus Shuckard, 1840c: 317 (m.) GAMBIA.
- Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Gambia: (no further data).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 79; Smith, F. 1859b: 2; Mayr, 1863: 408; Radoszkowsky, 1876: 140; Mayr, 1893: 200; André, 1881b: 64; Dalla Torre, 1893: 11.
- Junior synonym of dentifrons: Emery, 1915g: 6.
- Subspecies of fulvus: Emery, 1895j: 724; Emery, 1910b: 13; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 745; Santschi, 1931d: 407; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
- Distribution: Gambia.
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 724, Junior synonym of labiatus)
- Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 13, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of fulvus)
- Santschi, F. 1931e. La reine du Dorylus fulvus Westw. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 22: 401-408 (page 407, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of fulvus)
- Shuckard, W. E. 1840c. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Concluded from p. 271.). Ann. Nat. Hist. 5: 315-328 (page 317, male described)
