Dorylus bequaerti

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Dorylus bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 311 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Katanga, Sankisia (Bequaert).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 43, 730; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Etymology
Named after Joseph Charles Bequaert (1886 to 1982) Curator of Insects (1929-1956) at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Kone M., S. Konate, K. Yeo, P. K. Kouassi, and K. E. Linsenmair. 2012. Changes in ant communities along an age gradient of cocoa cultivation in the Oumé region, central Côte dIvoire. Entomological Science 15: 324339.
 * 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
 * Yeo K., T. Delsinne, S. Komate, L. L. Alonso, D. Aidara, and C. Peeters. 2016. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest–savannah mosaic (Lamto, Cote d’Ivoire). Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0527-6