Dorylus braunsi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery, 1895j: 718, fig. G (w.) LIBERIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Liberia: (no further data) (H. Brauns), and Congo: Boma Sunda (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depositories: MRHN, MSNG, NHMB.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1901c: 196 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910c: 352; Arnold, 1915: 120 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 730; Santschi, 1924b: 198; Arnold, 1926: 220; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
 * Senior synonym of impressus: Santschi, 1924b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
 * Distribution: Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Zimbabwe.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus anceps.
 * impressus. Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus var. impressus Stitz, 1910: 127 (s.w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea (“Spanish Guinea”): Alen (Tessmann).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Subspecies of helvolus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 733.
 * Junior synonym of braunsi: Santschi, 1924b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 179.

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.
 * Boven J. K. A. 1967. Formicides du Musée de Dundo (Angola) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 76: 63-75.
 * Boven J. K. A. van, and J. Levieux. 1970. Les Dorylinae de la savane de Lamto (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. E (Écol.) 1(2): 351-358.
 * 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.
 * Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
 * Stitz H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 125-151.
 * 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