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

Dorylus (Alaopone) montanus Santschi

return to key Males - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Tanzania (Dorylus (Alaopone) montanus n. sp., Santschi, 1910g: 750, illustrated, male; Santschi, 1914b: 66, worker); male and worker known (see Bolton, 1995) - see below .

{Dorylus montanus male genitalia}Santschi's (1910g) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1914b) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1915) gave a translation of Santschi (1910g) and comments; this is at {original description}.

TL ca 22.5 mm, HW 3.5, PW 3.8, volcellae wide, clearly longer than the stipe; anterior wing 28 mm; pale testaceous yellow, gaster segmentss bordered with reddish yellow; head brownish black; mandibles and legs red; wings lightly brownish, nerves slightly more brown.

Santschi (1939) noted that the male and a worker were separately collected on Mt Kilimanjaro, by Alluaud and Jeannel.

{Dorylus montanus}The photomontage of the type male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911282.
Contents
© 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 - Brian Taylor CBiol FSB FRES
11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K.

href="dorylus_montanus.htm"