Dorylus nigricans rubellus

Distribution based on type material
"West Africa".

Nomenclature

 * . Anomma rubella Savage, 1849: 196 (w.) CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Congo: Mpongive Dist., “banks of the Gaboon River, near the Equator” (T.S. Savage).
 * Type-depository: ANSP (perhaps also OXUM as some specimens were sent to J.O. Westwood).
 * Combination in Dorylus (Anomma): Emery, 1895j: 710.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1910c: 352; Santschi, 1912b: 157 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 740; Santschi, 1925h: 160; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 24, 72.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 199; Roger, 1861a: 47; Roger, 1863b: 21; Mayr, 1863: 395; Scudder, 1891: 686; Forel, 1907g: 77.
 * Subspecies of burmeisteri: Emery, 1892d: 554; Dalla Torre, 1893: 9; Wasmann, 1904b: 675.
 * Subspecies of nigricans: Emery, 1895j: 701; Emery, 1910b: 12; Forel, 1911f: 275; Santschi, 1911g: 206; Forel, 1913h: 348; Santschi, 1930a: 56 (in list); Santschi, 1930b: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
 * Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Tanzania.

Taxonomic Notes
Kronauer et al. (2007) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.