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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Dorylus
›
Dorylus helvolus
Dorylus
helvolus
(Linnaeus, 1764)
valid
Vespa helvola
Linnaeus, 1764
: 412 (m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope, (“Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. Tulbagh.”). Primary type depository:
ZMLS
.
Linnaeus, 1767
: 967 (w. [editor note: possibly assumed but uncertain]);
Emery, 1888b
: 344 (q.);
Arnold, 1915
: 116 (s.w.q.m.).
Combination in
Mutilla
:
Linnaeus, 1767
: 967.
Combination in
Dorylus
:
Fabricius, 1793
: 365;
Fabricius, 1804
: 427;
Latreille, 1810
: 437.
Combination in
Dorylus (Dorylus)
:
Emery, 1895l
: 714.
Status as species:
Linnaeus, 1767
: 967;
Fabricius, 1787
: 313;
Gmelin, 1790
: 2807;
Fabricius, 1793
: 365;
Fabricius, 1804
: 427;
Gravenhorst, 1807
: 287;
Jurine, 1807
: 281 (in text);
Latreille, 1809
: 124;
Latreille, 1810
: 437;
Leach, 1815
: 147;
Latreille, 1817d
: 555;
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
: 228;
Shuckard, 1840c
: 315;
Westwood, 1842
: 79;
Smith, 1859c
: 1;
Duméril, 1860
: 901;
Mayr, 1863a
: 408;
Roger, 1863b
: 41;
Emery, 1888b
: 349;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 11;
Emery, 1895b
: 177;
Emery, 1895i
: 17;
Emery, 1895l
: 714;
Emery, 1901l
: 196 (in key);
Wasmann, 1904b
: 676;
Mayr, 1907b
: 7;
Forel, 1907h
: 14;
Emery, 1910b
: 10;
Forel, 1910e
: 4;
Forel, 1913b
: 311;
Santschi, 1914b
: 61;
Santschi, 1914d
: 332;
Santschi, 1914e
: 14;
Arnold, 1915
: 116 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1922
: 732;
Prins, 1963
: 97;
Bolton, 1995b
: 179;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 204;
Borowiec, 2014
: 71 (see note in bibliography);
Boudinot
et al.
, 2021
: 1 (cephalic morphology).
Senior synonym of
Dorylus dorylus
:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 11;
Emery, 1895l
: 714;
Emery, 1910b
: 10;
Wheeler, 1922
: 733;
Bolton, 1995b
: 179.
Senior synonym of
Dorylus europaea
:
Emery, 1888b
: 350;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 11;
Emery, 1895l
: 714;
Emery, 1910b
: 10;
Wheeler, 1922
: 733;
Bolton, 1995b
: 179.
Senior synonym of
Dorylus planifrons
:
Emery, 1888b
: 350;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 11;
Emery, 1895l
: 714;
Emery, 1910b
: 10;
Wheeler, 1922
: 733;
Bolton, 1995b
: 179.
Senior synonym of
Dorylus punctata
:
Emery, 1888b
: 350;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 11;
Emery, 1895i
: 17;
Emery, 1895l
: 714;
Emery, 1910b
: 10;
Wheeler, 1922
: 733;
Bolton, 1995b
: 179.
Junior synonyms
Dorylus dorylus
(Lamarck, 1817)
Obsolete combination(s):
Mutilla dorylus
Dorylus europaea
(Roger, 1859)
Obsolete combination(s):
Typhlopone europaea
Dorylus planifrons
Mayr, 1865
Dorylus punctata
(Smith, 1858)
Obsolete combination(s):
Typhlopone punctata
Obsolete combinations
Vespa helvola
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
D. h. pretoriae
Arnold, 1946
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1915.
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2014.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
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2021.
Anatomy and evolution of the head of
Dorylus helvolus
(Formicidae: Dorylinae): Patterns of sex- and caste-limited traits in the sausagefly and the driver ant.
Journal of Morphology 282:1616-1658.
10.1002/jmor.21410
PDF
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1893.
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PDF
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1860.
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1888b ("1887").
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L. e degli altri Dorilidi.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1895b.
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PDF
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PDF
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1895l.
Die Gattung
Dorylus
Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1901l.
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.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1910b.
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PDF
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1787.
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PDF
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PDF
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1804.
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PDF
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1907h.
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PDF
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1910e.
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PDF
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PDF
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1790.
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PDF
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PDF
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;
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;
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PDF
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PDF
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PDF
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