Dorylus kohli

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: 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

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