Dorylus fimbriatus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Rhogmus fimbriatus Shuckard, 1840c: 325 (m.) GAMBIA.
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Gambia: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Emery, 1895j: 736 (w.); Brauns, 1903: 294 (q.).
 * Combination in Dorylus (Rhogmus): Emery, 1895j: 736.
 * Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 80; Smith, F. 1859b: 4; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863: 453; Gerstäcker, 1871: 355; Dalla Torre, 1893: 8; Emery, 1895j: 736; Emery, 1899a: 499; Emery, 1901c: 187; Forel, 1901h: 47; Forel, 1904b: 369; Mayr, 1904b: 2; Forel, 1907e: 15; Mayr, 1907b: 8; Forel, 1909b: 52, 71; Emery, 1910b: 14; Stitz, 1911b: 375; Forel, 1911d: 362; Santschi, 1911g: 207; Forel, 1912b: 81; Santschi, 1914b: 65; Santschi, 1914d: 333; Arnold, 1915: 129 (redescription); Santschi, 1919b: 231 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 746; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1927f: 356; Santschi, 1930a: 56; Santschi, 1930b: 54; Santschi, 1937d: 215; van Boven, 1967: 55; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 356; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
 * Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar), Uganda, Zimbabwe.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus crampeli, laevipodex, poweri.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
 * Boven J. K. A. van. 1967. La femelle de Dorylus fimbriatus et termitarius. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 56: 55-60.
 * 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.
 * Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)
 * Forel A. 1904. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388.
 * Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
 * Menozzi C. 1927. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte I. Formiche raccolte dal Marchese Saverio Patrizi nella Somalia italiana ed in alcune località dell'Africa orientale inglese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 52: 356-362.
 * Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
 * Santschi F. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1: 204-217.
 * Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
 * Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
 * Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
 * 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