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Dorylus moestus Emery 1895

Distribution Notes

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Reference for Kenya if not type: Gerstäcker 1871

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Taxonomic History

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Extant: 3 valid subspecies

Dorylus affinis var. moestus Emery, 1895l PDF: 720 (m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Raised to species: Forel, 1909b PDF: 71; Santschi, 1910g PDF: 741; Emery, 1910b PDF: 10; Stitz, 1916: 374.

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Diagnostic Description

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Un [[male]] de N'Zo est conforme au type du Congo, et non a la sbsp. scherreri FOREL de Cote d'Ivoire.

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bibliographic citation: Bernard, F., 1953, La reserve naturelle integrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hymenopteres Formicidae., Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, pp. 165-270, vol. 19
author: Bernard, F.

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Diagnostic Description

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A single male from Stanleyville (Lang and Chapin).

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bibliographic citation: Wheeler, W. M., 1922, The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, pp. 39-269, vol. 45
author: Wheeler, W. M.

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Diagnostic Description

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Congo belge: Buta (de Galonne, 1911); Yambata (De Giorgi), 11 - III- 1914), [[ male ]] (Mus. Tervueren.)

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bibliographic citation: Santschi, F., 1923, Descriptions de nouveaux formicides Ethiopiens et notes diverses. - I., Revue de Zoologie Africaine, pp. 259-295, vol. 11
author: Santschi, F.

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Diagnostic Description

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— [[ male ]]. — Sankuru (Luja).

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bibliographic citation: Forel, A., 1909, Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, pp. 51-73, vol. 53
author: Forel, A.

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