Dorylus aethiopicus

Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Sudan.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus (Shuckardia) atriceps subsp. aethiopicus Emery, 1895j: 741, figs. JJ, KK (m.) SUDAN, ERITREA, TUNISIA.
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Eritrea (“Abyssinia”), Sudan, and Tunisia (no further data).
 * [Note: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748, indicates that the Eritrea locality is Anseba (O. Beccari), and the Tunisia locality is Kairouan (F. Santschi).]
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Forel, 1907b: 201 (w.).
 * Combination in D. (Alaopone): Forel, 1907b: 201.
 * Subspecies of atriceps: Forel, 1905b: 171; Forel, 1907b: 201; Santschi, 1907: 327; Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748; Menozzi, 1940: 267.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1923e: 277; Santschi, 1939a: 153 (in key); Finzi, 1940: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 177; Borowiec, L. 2014: 71; Madl, 2019: 13.
 * Distribution: Eritrea, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Libya, Mali, Sudan, Tunisia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Emery C. 1895. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8: 685-778.
 * Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
 * Finzi B. 1940. Formiche della Libia. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 18: 155-166.
 * Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
 * Forel A. 1907. Fourmis nouvelles de Kairouan et d'Orient. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 51: 201-208.
 * Forel, A.. "Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905)." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49 (1905): 155-185.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Madl M. 2019. Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 9-18.
 * 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.
 * Santschi, F. 1907. Fourmis de Tunisie capturées en 1906. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 15: 305-334.
 * 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