Dorylus stanleyi

Identification
A member of the Dorylus nigricans-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus (Anomma) stanleyi Forel, 1909b: 52 (m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Katanga, Mawambi (Lemaire).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Junior synonym of rubellus: Santschi, 1930a: 56.
 * Subspecies of nigricans: Santschi, 1933b: 99.
 * Synonym of molestus: Bernard, 1953b: 218.
 * [Note: Bernard, 1953b: 218, gives stanleyi as senior synonym, but molestus has priority.]
 * Status as species: Forel, 1912b: 81; Santschi, 1914b: 63; Forel, 1916: 402; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 741; Santschi, 1935b: 264; Bernard, 1953b: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 180; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Uganda.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * Forel A. 1909. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53: 51-73.
 * Forel A. 1912. Einige interessante Ameisen des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem. Entomol. Mitt. 1: 81-83.
 * Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
 * Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.
 * Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
 * Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004