Dorylus atriceps

Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840c: 323 (m.) GAMBIA.
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Gambia (no further data).
 * Type-depository: presumably BMNH or OXUM.
 * Combination in D. (Shuckardia): Emery, 1895j: 740;
 * combination in D. (Alaopone): Emery, 1910b: 15.
 * Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 80; Smith, F. 1859b: 4; Mayr, 1863: 408; Roger, 1863b: 41; Emery, 1877b: 381; Radoszkowsky, 1881: 198; Emery, 1884a: 386; André, 1885: 840; Emery, 1891b: 2; Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; André, 1895a: 5; Emery, 1895j: 740; Forel, 1909b: 53; Emery, 1910b: 15; Santschi, 1920d: 362; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 51, 748; Santschi, 1923e: 276; Santschi, 1935b: 265; Santschi, 1939a: 153 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 177; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
 * Senior synonym of ritsemae: Emery, 1895j: 740; Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
 * Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal.
 * ritsemae. Dorylus ritsemae Dalla Torre, 1892: 89.
 * Replacement name for Dorylus shuckardi Ritsema, 1874: 182. [Junior secondary homonym of Typhlopone shuckardi Westwood, 1840b: 88.]
 * Junior synonym of atriceps: Emery, 1895j: 740; Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
 * shuckardi. Dorylus shuckardi Ritsema, 1874: 182 (m.) (no state data).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype males.
 * Type-locality: “Lower Guinea” (= Ghana to Nigeria): (no further data) (E. Piaget).
 * Type-depository: unknown (perhaps NNML).
 * [Junior secondary homonym of Typhlopone shuckardi Westwood, 1840b: 88.]
 * Subspecies of atriceps: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 10.
 * Replacement name: Dorylus ritsemae Dalla Torre, 1892: 89.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * André E. 1895. Formicides de l'Ogooué (Congo français). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 14: 1-5.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
 * 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.
 * Radoszkowsky O. 1881. Hymenoptères d'Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 8(31): 197-221.
 * Santschi F. 1923. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11: 259-295.
 * Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
 * 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