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

Dorylus (Alaopone) ductor Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Congo (Dorylus (Alaopone) ductor n. sp., Santschi, 1939a: 149, illustrated, male) collected by du Buysson - see below
male only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Dorylus ductor male genitalia}TL 20-22 mm, HW 3.5, PW 4.5; dense erect pilosity on the vertex; volcellae narrower, sinuous, arcuate and not surpassing the stipe; reddish fawn; head, metanotum and posterior scutellum dark brown

Santschi's (1939a) description is at {original description}.

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

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