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Table 2 List of specimens used for DNA sequencing.

From: A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche

Species/label

Sub-genus

Foraging niche

Specimen

Collection locality

GenBank accession numbers

Museum voucher no

     

COI1

COI2

COII

wingless

 

wilerthi

An

surface swarms

worker

Kibale (Uganda)

EF413837

EF413761

EF413798

EF413874

1

terrificus

An.

surface swarms

worker

Kibale (Uganda)

EF413842

EF413767

EF413804

EF413880

2

molestus 1

An.

surface swarms

worker

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413809

EF413732

EF413772

EF413848

3

molestus 2

An.

surface swarms

worker

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413836

EF413760

EF413797

EF413873

4

burmeisteri

An.

surface swarms

worker

Comoé (Ivory Coast)

EF413808

EF413731

EF413771

EF413847

5

mayri

An.

surface swarms

worker

Bossou (Guinea)

EF413844

-

-

EF413882

6

arcens

An.

surface swarms

worker

Taï (Ivory Coast)

EF413829

EF413753

EF413791

EF413867

7

sjoestedti

An.

surface swarms

worker

Ndoki (DR Congo)

EF413834

EF413758

EF413795

EF413872

8

rubellus

An.

surface swarms

worker

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413833

EF413757

-

EF413871

9

emeryi

An.

leaf-litter

worker

Taï (Ivory Coast)

EF413810

EF413733

EF413773

EF413849

10

gerstaeckeri

An.

leaf-litter

worker

Bossou (Guinea)

EF413812

EF413736

EF413776

EF413852

11

opacus

An.

leaf-litter

worker

Kibale (Uganda)

EF413813

EF413737

EF413777

EF413853

12

kohli

An.

leaf-litter

worker

Kibale (Uganda)

EF413814

EF413738

EF413778

EF413854

13

nigricans

An.

n. a.

male

Taï (Ivory Coast)

EF413841

EF413766

EF413803

EF413879

14

sp. 1

An.

n. a.

male

Kibale (Uganda)

EF413843

EF413768

EF413805

EF413881

15

sp. 1

Do.

subterranean

worker

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413811

EF413735

EF413775

EF413851

16

sp. 2

Do.

subterranean

worker

Bossou (Guinea)

EF413815

EF413739

EF413779

EF413855

17

helvolus

Do.

subterranean

worker

Cullinan (South Africa)

EF413832

EF413756

EF413794

EF413870

18

braunsi

Do.

subterranean

worker

Kakamega (Kenya)

EF413835

EF413759

EF413796

-

19

sp. 3

Do.

subterranean

worker

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413827

EF413751

-

EF413865

20

spininodis

Do.

subterranean

worker

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413826

EF413750

EF413789

EF413864

21

gribodoi

Do.

n. a.

male

Taï (Ivory Coast)

EF413817

EF413741

EF413781

EF413857

22

affinis

Do.

n. a.

male

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413846

EF413770

EF413807

EF413884

23

sp. 4

Do.

n. a.

male

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413816

EF413740

EF413780

EF413856

24

sp. 5

Do.

n. a.

male

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413845

EF413769

EF413806

EF413883

25

sp. 1

Rh.

subterranean

worker

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413818

EF413742

EF413782

EF413858

26

laevipodex

Rh.

n. a.

male

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413840

EF413764

EF413801

EF413877

27

sp. 2

Rh.

n. a.

male

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413831

EF413755

EF413793

EF413869

28

laevigatus

Di.

subterranean

worker

Poring (Malaysia)

EF413819

EF413743

EF413783

AY233632

29

fulvus

Ty.

subterranean

worker

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

-

EF413734

EF413774

EF413850

30

sp. 1

Ty.

subterranean

worker

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413828

EF413752

EF413790

EF413866

31

sp. 2

Ty.

n. a.

male

Ile-Ife (Nigeria)

EF413838

EF413762

EF413799

EF413875

32

sp. 3

Ty.

n. a.

male

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

-

EF413765

EF413802

EF413878

33

conradti

Al.

subterranean

worker

Kakamega (Kenya)

EF413820

EF413744

-

EF413860

34

cf. vishnui

Al.

subterranean

worker

Poring (Malaysia)

EF413821

EF413745

EF413784

EF413861

35

orientalis

Al.

subterranean

?

?

AY233706

AY233706

-

AY233631

-

sp. 1

Al.

n. a.

male

Gashaka (Nigeria)

EF413830

EF413754

EF413792

EF413868

36

sp. 2

Al.

n. a.

male

Kakamega (Kenya)

EF413839

EF413763

EF413800

EF413876

37

Aenictus sp. 1

n. a.

n. a.

worker

Mt. Kenya (Kenya)

EF413822

EF413746

EF413785

EF413862

38

A. aratus

n. a.

n. a.

worker

Tawau Hills (Malaysia)

EF413824

EF413748

EF413787

AY233628

39

A. laeviceps

n. a.

n. a.

worker

Poring (Malaysia)

EF413823

EF413747

EF413786

AY233627

40

Eciton burchellii

n. a.

n. a.

worker

Henri Pittier (Venezuela)

EF413825

EF413749

EF413788

EF413863

41

  1. Specimens have been deposited at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, numbered consecutively with a reference to this publication (Kronauer et al. 2007/1 – Kronauer et al. 2007/41). Abbreviations of subgenera are Anomma (An.), Dorylus s.s. (Do.), Rhogmus (Rh.), Dichthadia (Di.), Typhlopone (Ty.), and Alaopone (Al.). Foraging niches were not applicable (n. a.) for males and outgroup taxa.