The Ants of Africa
Genus Dorylus - Subgenus Anomma
Dorylus (Anomma) niarembensis (Boven)

Dorylus (Anomma) niarembensis (Boven)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Zaïre (Anomma niarembense, Boven, 1972: 143 but only in key, illustrated); queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) - no images on Antweb (July 2014) .

{Dorylus niarembensis synonymies}The Bolton listing, with the note "Combination in Dorylus new combination", is misleading as Boven's (1972) denomination of a queen originally described by Menozzi (1927a) (as D. (A.) nigricans var. molesta) is at . Menozzi's (1927a) paper is at

{short description of image}Forel's (1912) description of a "Dorylus nigricans" queen, from Entebbe, Uganda, and collected by Vice-Consul Heinr. Schulze, in association with larvae, pupae and workers, is on Boven himself added confusion as, although he refers to the Forel paper, he seems to have overlooked the collection details.

The Forel illustration differs considerably from the "nigricans" queen as illustrated by Emery (1910) - see Dorylus nigricans page.
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