Characteristics

Dorylus is characterized by the following derived traits (Bolton 2003):

• Distal margin of labrum not concave/cleft medially
• Propodeal spiracle subtended by a longitudinal impression
• Abdominal segments V-VII with strongly differentiated presclerites
• Pygidium large, flattened to concave dorsally, lateral margin armed with a pair of teeth or short spines
• Queen with bursa copulatrix permanently open
• Queen hypopygium hypertrophied and bilobate posteriorly
• Male submarginal cell of forewing extremely elongate