Dorylus (Dorylus) aggressor Santschi

Type locality Zaïre (Dorylus aggressor n. sp., Santschi, 1923e: 268) collected at Luluabourg, P. Callewaert, 15.v.1913 - see below
major and minor workers described (see Bolton, 1995, who has the name mis-spelt agressor) .

Santschi's (1923e) description of the major is at and of the smaller morphs at .

Santschi (1923e) cites P. Callewaert as noting he found the colony in his room, going from here to there, through a hole in the wall whence they disappeared one after the other. Very aggressive (hence name "aggressor"?) and the crabs (?) had climbed up the wall. The ants did not climb the wall itself but ascended between wall and the wood of the door. Luluabourg, now Kananga, 5°53'S 22°27'E. Santschi noted this as intermediate between the subgenera Dorylus and Anomma.

The photomontage of a cotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907605

Oxford University Museum specimens

Dorylus (Dorylus) aggressor B Taylor det. Male

Central African Republic P Annoyer KF

21.x.2008 Dzanga-Sangha 03°01'49.5" N 16°08'31.7" E

567 m; Camp 2; 17h30-3h30; A la base du kungu, à 50 m du camp

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Polymorphism

The photomontages are of specimens from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR KF). The various morphs are shown in detail on the Dorylus (Anomma) aggressor morphs page.