Dorylus orientalis

Dorylus orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. orientalis
Binomial name
Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835
Synonyms
Alaopone oberthueriEmery, 1881 Dorylus fuscusEmery, 1889 Dorylus longicornisShuckard, 1840 Labidus curtisiiShuckard, 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Dorylus orientalis have two morphologically distinct series of workers that has not been known previously among army ants. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Dorylus orientalis obscuricepsSantschi, 1920
• Dorylus orientalis orientalisWestwood, 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.

External links

• "Dorylus orientalis - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• "Dorylus orientalis" . Retrieved 21 April 2015. at antwiki.org