Date Collected:

1966-09-01/1966-09-30

Africa: Kenya: Nyandarua | Aberdare Forest, Gatamayu [Katamayo] River

Current Identification
Dorylus nigricans molestus (Gerstäcker, 1859)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Dorylinae
Determiner: Jozef K. A. van Boven in 1967
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: D.(A.) nigricans subsp. bormeisteri var. molestus

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  • lot number: i-J-181
  • other number: KISTNER
  • other number: NEST #134
  • other number: no. 1560

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection ca.15 History

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Nyandarua
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593791 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Aberdare Forest, Gatamayu [Katamayo] River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • KENYA: Aberdare; Forest (Katamayo River)
  • Elevation:
  • 7500 - 8000 ft
  • Locality Remarks:
  • unable to locate river. referenced th park.
  • Georeference:
  • -0.5717730°, 36.7476890° (Error radius: 48503m) By: Whit Farnum on 2021-06-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1966-09-01 / 1966-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • IX-1966
  • Collector:
  • G. R. Cunningham-van Someren

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