Dorylus affinis

Identification
A member of the Dorylus helvolus-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Zimbabwe. Palaearctic Region: Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  affinis. Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840c: 316 (m.) GAMBIA. Emery, 1901c: 189 (w.l.). Senior synonym of brevinodosus: Emery, 1901c: 189; of planiceps: Emery, 1895j: 719. Current subspecies: nominal plus aegyptiacus, denudatus, exilis, hirsutus, loewyi, parapsidalis, pulliceps, sudanicus, ugandensis. See also: Arnold, 1915: 120; Santschi, 1917c: 18.
 * planiceps. Dorylus planiceps Haldeman, 1849b: 204 (m.) "West Africa". Junior synonym of affinis: Emery, 1895j: 719.
 * brevinodosus. Typhlopone oraniensis var. brevinodosus Mayr, 1862: 737 (w.) GHANA. Combination in Dorylus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 10. Raised to species: Emery, 1877b: 381. Junior synonym of affinis: Emery, 1901c: 189.