The Ants of Africa
Genus Dorylus - Subgenus Alaopone
Dorylus (Alaopone) distinctus Santschi

Dorylus (Alaopone) distinctus Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Guinea (Dorylus (Alaopone) distinctus n. sp., Santschi, 1910g: 747, illustrated, male) no locality given, collected by Marchand - see below
male only known (see Wheeler, 1922; Bolton, 1995) .

{Dolylus distinctus male genitalia}TL 19 mm; truncation of the stipe almost transverse (more or less cutting off the internal angle) and slightly concave; wing nerves reddish brown; few hairs between the ocelli

Santschi's (1910g) description is at {original description}.

Dorylus distinctus maleThe photomontage is of a type male worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915342.

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