Dorylus depilis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Kenya, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis var. depilis Emery, 1895j: 720 (m.) GHANA, CAMEROON, TOGO.
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Ghana, Cameroon, Togo (no further data).
 * [Note: Emery’s entry of localities is somewhat ambiguous, “Einige Exemplare von der Goldküste (Kamerun und Togo)”.]
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Forel, 1911e: 254 (w.).
 * Subspecies of affinis: Mayr, 1896: 230; Forel, 1909b: 53, 71; Forel, 1910f: 4; Forel, 1911d: 362; Santschi, 1915c: 246; Santschi, 1917c: 19 (in key).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910g: 737; Forel, 1911e: 254; Forel, 1911f: 274; Forel, 1913b: 312; Forel, 1913e: 668; Forel, 1913h: 348; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 43, 731; Santschi, 1923e: 271; Menozzi, 1927f: 356; Menozzi, 1930b: 77; Menozzi, 1942: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
 * Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus clarior, ugandensis.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
 * 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.
 * 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. 1911. Fourmis d'Afrique et d'Asie. I. Fourmis d'Afrique surtout du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 274-283.
 * Forel A. 1911. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400.
 * Forel A. 1913. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 347-359.
 * 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.
 * Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
 * 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