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

Dorylus (Alaopone) buyssoni Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Kenya (Dorylus (Alaopone) Buyssoni n. sp., Santschi, 1910g: 748, illustrated, male) - see below
subspecies conjugens (Santschi, 1910g: 750, illustrated, male) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915343
male only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Dorylus buyssoni male genitalia}TL 18-19 mm, HW 3.3; apex of stipe with a single convex truncation; erect pilosity between ocelli slightly more abundant than on aethiopicus; testaceous yellow, scutellum more brown; head brownish-black; mandibles, antennae and legs mahogany red; wings slightly yellowish, nerves blackish-brown; pronotum more densely puncturate and matt.

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

{Dorylus buyssoni conjugens male genitalia}HW 3.4 mm; apex of stipe with the truncation recut towards the apex; darker yellow than type; mandibles, scapes and genitalia dull brown

{Dorylus buyssoni}The photomontage of the type male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911278.
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