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Dorylus orientalis

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Species of ant

Dorylus orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: D. orientalis
Binomial name
Dorylus orientalis
Westwood, 1835
Synonyms
  • Alaopone oberthueri Emery, 1881
  • Dorylus fuscus Emery, 1889
  • Dorylus longicornis Shuckard, 1840
  • Labidus curtisii Shuckard, 1840

Dorylus orientalis is an Asian species of army ants in the genus Dorylus. It can be found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Borneo.

Dorylus orientalis have two morphologically distinct series of workers that has not been known previously among army ants.

Subspecies

  • Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps Santschi, 1920
  • Dorylus orientalis orientalis Westwood, 1835

References

  1. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Dorylus orientalis". itis.gov. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. "ADW: Dorylus orientalis: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. Borowiec, M. L. (2016). "A new data of worker polymorphism in the ant genus Dorylus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae)". ZooKeys (608): 1–280. doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. PMC 4982377. PMID 27559303.

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Taxon identifiers
Dorylus orientalis


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