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Dorylus braunsi Emery, 1895 valid

Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery, 1895l: 718, fig. G (w.) LIBERIA, CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Liberia: (no further data) (H. Brauns) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 730; no lectotype designated), Congo: Boma Sunda (no collector’s name). Primary type depositories: MRHN, MSNG, NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0903700, CASENT0903701. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 61, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Status as species: Emery, 1901l: 196 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910c: 352; Arnold, 1915: 120 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 730; Santschi, 1924b: 198; Arnold, 1926: 220; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 203.
Senior synonym of Dorylus helvolus impressus: Santschi, 1924b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 178.

Junior synonyms

Dorylus helvolus impressus Stitz, 1910

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

D. b. anceps Forel, 1914

Citations

Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778. PDF
Emery, C. 1901l. Studi sul polimorfismo e la metamorfosi nel genere Dorylus. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)9:183-201 [pagination of separate: 415-433]. PDF
Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102:1-34. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
van Boven, J. K. A.; Lévieux, J. 1970 ("1968"). Les Dorylinae de la savane de Lamto (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan. Série E (Écologie) 1(2):351-358. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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