Dorylus niarembensis - AntCat

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Dorylus niarembensis (van Boven, 1972) valid

Anomma niarembense van Boven, 1972: 143, fig. 5 (diagnosis in key) (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri, Niarembe, 1935 (Scops). Type-depository: MRAC. Type notes: Dorylus niarembensis is based on a queen specimen of Dorylus nigricans molestus Gerstäcker, 1859, sensu Raignier & Boven, 1955: 103, misidentification.

Combination in Dorylus: Bolton, 1995b: 179
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 179.

Obsolete combinations

Anomma niarembense

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Raignier, A.; Boven, J. K. A. 1955. Étude taxonomique, biologique et biométrique des Dorylus du sous-genre Anomma (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge. Nouvelle Série in Quarto. Sciences Zoologiques 2:1-359.
van Boven, J. K. A. 1972. Description de deux reines d'Anomma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 108:133-146. PDF

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