NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Dorylus
  Subfamily - Dorylinae
  Family - Formicidae
  Superfamily - Vespoidea
  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans arcens
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans molestus
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans nigricans
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans pallidus
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans rubellus
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans sjoestedti
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi
      Subspecies - Dorylus nigricans terrificus