Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus (Westwood)

Type location Unknown (Typhlopone fulva, Westwood, 1839: 218, illustrated, worker; expanded description by Westwood, 1840b: 87) found in sugar by D C C Babington - see below.
junior synonyms
dahlbohmii (Typhlopone Dahlbohmii, Westwood, 1840b: 87) seemingly found with the type form - see below.
mordax (Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westw. v. impressus n.v., Santschi, 1928d: 55, workers; replacement name, Santschi, 1931e: 407  ) Ivory Coast, Longa, Rabaud - see below.
unresolved junior synonyms
spinolae (Labidus (Typhlopone) Spinolae Shuckard, 1840c: 327, worker) location not given, in collection of Mr Thwaites - no images on Antweb (July 2014).
thwaitsii (Labidus (Typhlopone) Thwaitsii Shuckard, 1840c: 326, worker) location not given, in collection of Mr Thwaites - no images on Antweb (July 2014).
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Westwood's (1839) fragmented description is at . Westwood's (1840b) descriptions of the type form and dahlbohmii are at . Santschi (1928d: 55) provided a fresh description of the type specimen, made by W.C. Crawley, of the Oxford (University) Museum; that together with Santschi's description of mordax (impressus) is at .

The Westwood descriptions of fulvus and shuckardi postdate the Shuckard (1840b, c) description and deal with two specimens of similar size, fulvus TL 4.5 lines = 9.5 mm, and shuckardi TL 5 lines = 10.5 mm, but from different findings in casks of sugar. Examination of Westwood's description and drawing, however, shows that shuckardi is very similar and possibly identical to Dorylus (Dorylus) spininodis.

Shuckard's (1840c) descriptions of thwaitsii and spinolae are at . Wasmann's (1904b) description of dentifrons is at . Stitz's (1910) description of stramineus is at .

Westwood's (1840b) illustration

The photomontage is of the holotype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901953.

The photomontage is of the dahlbohmi holotype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901955.
From the dimensions and head shape, this probably is simply a minima morph of fulvus s.s.

The photomontage is of the mordax holotype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901955.
From the dimensions and head shape, this probably is simply a media worker of fulvus s.s.

The photomontage is of a dentifrons major worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901955.
The scales on this are wrong, the TL would appear to be ca 20 mm plus, not the true TL of the major worker ca 14 mm (given by Wasmann, 1904b).

Oxford University Museum specimens

Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus B Taylor det. Male	Central African Republic P Annoyer 1998-09	27.v.1998 Dzanga-Sangha	Boda-On'Goto; U.V. 19h-05h; LAYON PK 21 5.0 RCA	2
Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus B Taylor det. Male	Namibia D J Mann OUMNH-2006-093	22.xii.1999 Etosha N. Park 18°35'19" S 16°55'11" E	Mushara Water Hole at blue light coll. Mann & Marais	1

The photomontage is of a male, speculatively designated as the undescribed male of D. fulvus, from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR 1998-09).

The photomontage is of a male from Namibia, Etosha National Park; collectors D Mann & Marais (OUMNH 2009-60.