Dorylus erraticus

Identification
A member of the Dorylus nigricans-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Guinea-Bissau.

Nomenclature

 * . Anomma erratica Smith, F. 1865: 71 (w.) New Guinea.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: unknown.
 * [Note: type-locality Africa, after Wilson, 1964a: 443. Perhaps Smith’s original New Guinea is a mislabel for Guinea.]
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Dorylus: Emery, 1910b: 15;
 * combination in Dorylus (Anomma): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 473.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1871a: 324; Dalla Torre, 1893: 9; Emery, 1910b: 15; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 473; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 9; Wilson, 1964a: 443; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
 * Distribution: unknown (Africa, perhaps Guinea).

Anomma erratica

Holotype worker in. Labelled “New Guinea.” Locality in error as this is definitely an Afrotropical species. Correct locality may be Guinea.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
 * Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.