Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri

This species appears to be extremely common and widely distributed across sub-Saharan forests (Taylor et al., 2018).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Anomma burmeisteri Shuckard, 1840c: 326 (w.) SIERRA LEONE.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Emery, 1895j: 710 (m.); Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 93 (q.).
 * Combination in Dorylus (Anomma): Emery, 1895j: 710.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 114; Roger, 1861a: 46; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863: 395; Emery, 1881a: 271; Emery, 1892d: 554; Dalla Torre, 1893: 9; Mayr, 1893: 200; André, 1895a: 5; Wasmann, 1904b: 675; Stitz, 1916: 373; Santschi, 1921c: 115.
 * Junior synonym of nigricans: Emery, 1895j: 710; Emery, 1910b: 12; Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159.
 * Subspecies of nigricans: Wasmann, 1904b: 671; Mayr, 1907b: 7; Santschi, 1910c: 352; Santschi, 1912b: 157 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 62; Santschi, 1914d: 332; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 46, 738; Santschi, 1925h: 160; Menozzi, 1926a: 39; Santschi, 1930a: 56 (in list); Santschi, 1937b: 96; Menozzi, 1942: 165; Weber, 1943c: 288; Eidmann, 1944: 426; Bernard, 1953b: 218; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.
 * Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar).

Taxonomic Notes
Kronauer et al. (2007) and Taylor et al. (2018) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.