Dorylus nigricans pallidus

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Dorylus nigricans pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: D. nigricans
Subspecies: D. nigricans pallidus
Trinomial name
Dorylus nigricans pallidus
Santschi, 1921

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • pallidus. Dorylus (Anomma) burmeisteri var. pallida Santschi, 1921c: 115.
    • Type-material: 7 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data).
    • Type-depositories: MSNG, NHMB.
    • [First available use of Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans st. burmeisteri var. pallida Santschi, 1912b: 160 (s.w.) CAMEROON; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 740; Santschi, 1930a: 56; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 30.
    • Subspecies of nigricans: Bolton, 1995b: 180.
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Uganda.

Description

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