Dorylus ocellatus
Dorylus ocellatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Dorylus |
Species: | D. ocellatus |
Binomial name | |
Dorylus ocellatus (Stitz, 1910) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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.
- ocellatus. Dichthadia ocellata Stitz, 1910: 128 (q.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Cameroon: Bipindi (Zenker).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- [Same specimen described but not named: Stitz, 1909: 231.]
- Combination in Dorylus (Rhogmus): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 747.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 747; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
Description
References
- Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 5: 125-151 (page 128, queen described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 747, Combination in Dorylus (Rhogmus))