The Ants of Africa
Genus Dorylus Subgenus Dorylus
Dorylus (Dorylus) morio Santschi n. stat.
{Dorylus morior}

Dorylus (Dorylus) morio Santschi n. stat.

Male return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Congo (Santschi, 1919c: 234, male; prior description as Dorylus moestus by Santschi, 1910g: 741), collected at Mandingou, by Zimmermann; male only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1919c) descriptions of morio and claripennis are at {original description}. Santschi (1910g) is at {original description}.

{Dorylus morior male}This photomontage of a cotype male is collated from The Smithsonian Institute images at http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/public/specimeninfopage.cfm?publicconsumption=1&typespecimenID=991.

{Dorylus morior male}The photomontage is of a specimen from the Central African Republic, 23.x.2008; 18h-6h; Camp 2; 03°01'49.5" N 16°08'31.7" E 567 m; Sur plate-forme à 40 m du sol dans un kungu, à 50 m du camp; collector Philippe Annoyer. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}.
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