Dorylus kohli

There are scattered reports of this species from West Africa. Found nesting in the ground and foraging widely on the surface at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre. In Benin, it was found in a mango (Mangifera indica) orchard (Taylor et al., 2018).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus (Anomma) kohli Wasmann, 1904b: 669 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: St Gabriel, nr Stanleyville (= Kisangani) (P. Kohl).
 * Type-depositories: NHMB, NHMM.
 * Santschi, 1921c: 114 (s.); van Boven, 1968: 732 (q.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 11; Santschi, 1910c: 352; Forel, 1911e: 254; Santschi, 1912b: 154 (in key); Santschi, 1921c: 114; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 44, 736; Santschi, 1933b: 97; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 78, 86 (in key); van Boven, 1968: 732; Bolton, 1995b: 179; Schöning, et al. 2008: 49; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.
 * Senior synonym of quadratus: Schöning, et al. 2008: 449.
 * Distribution: Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus chapini, frenisyi, indocilis, langi, militaris, minor, victoriae.
 * quadratus. Dorylus (Anomma) gerstaeckeri st. quadratus Santschi, 1914a: 430 (s.) TANZANIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * [Note: original description specifies 1 worker major, but Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 63, records 5 syntype workers in NHMB.]
 * Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Manou (Viehmeyer).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Subspecies of gerstaeckeri: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 736; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 30; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
 * Junior synonym of kohli: Schöning, et al. 2008: 49.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Adgaba N., A. G. Shenkute, A. A. Al-Ghamdi, A. Assefa, M. J. Ansari, B. Taylor, and S. Radloff. 2014. Crematogaster chiarinii ants as a potential biological control agent for protecting honeybee colonies from attack by Dorylus quadratus driver ants in Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/afe.12060
 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * Boven J. K. A. van. 1968. La reine de Dorylus (Anomma) kohli Wasmann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Nat. Can. (Qué.) 95: 731-739.
 * Hita Garcia, F., G. Fischer, M.K. Peters, R.R. Snelling and H.W. Wagele. 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Journal of East African Natural HIstory 98(2): 147-165.
 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
 * Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
 * Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
 * Santschi F. 1921. Quelques nouveaux Formicides africains. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 61: 113-122.
 * Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.
 * Schöning C., W. H. Gotwald Jr., D. J. C. Kronauer, and L. Vilhelmsen. 2008. Taxonomy of the African army ant Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - new insights from DNA sequence data and morphology. Zootaxa 1749: 39-52.
 * Taylor B. 1980. Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). V. Dorylinae, Leptanillinae. Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin 8: 1-33.
 * Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.
 * 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