| Authorship | Forel, 1909b: 58 | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Afrotropic | 
| Locality | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Bas Congo”): (no further data) “stomach of a pangolin (Manis temminki)” (Solon). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MRAC, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0905924. | 
| Type notes | Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 63, cites 6 worker syntypes in NHMB. | 
| Dorylus emeryi opacus | Subspecies | Valid | Original combination |