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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. orientalis
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| Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835
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Dorylus orientalis have two morphologically distinct series of workers that has not been known previously among army ants. [3]
Subspecies edit
- Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps Santschi, 1920
- Dorylus orientalis orientalis Westwood, 1835
References edit
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Dorylus orientalis". itis.gov. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "ADW: Dorylus orientalis: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ 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 edit
- "Dorylus orientalis - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "Dorylus orientalis". Retrieved 21 April 2015. at antwiki.org
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