The Ants of Africa
Genus Dorylus - Subgenus Dorylus
Dorylus (Dorylus) furcatus (Gerstäcker)

Dorylus (Dorylus) furcatus (Gerstäcker)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality South Africa (Dichthadia furcata, Gerstäcker, 1872: 267, queen); queen only (see Bolton, 1995) - no images on Antweb (July 2014). .

Gerstaecker's (1872) description is at {original description} and {original description}. Arnold (1915: 124) gave a translation, primarily based on the fuller commentary of Emery (1888b); this is at {original description}.

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