Taxonomic history
Combination in Dorylus (Dorylus): Emery, 1910b PDF: 10.Combination in Anomma: Menozzi, 1942a PDF: 165.Status as species: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 408; Roger, 1863b PDF: 41; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 10; André, 1895a PDF: 5; Emery, 1895l PDF: 722; Schulz, 1906 PDF: 297; Emery, 1910b PDF: 10; Stitz, 1910: 127; Stitz, 1916: 374; Wheeler, 1922: 43, 730; Santschi, 1923e PDF: 270; Santschi, 1937b PDF: 98; Menozzi, 1942a PDF: 165; Eidmann, 1944 PDF: 428; Bolton, 1995b: 177.A single male from Stanleyville (Lang and Chapin).
Congo belge: Mayumbe, Lundu (Dr. H. Schouteden) (Mus. Tervueren). Je soupconne fort les D. atratus et Gribodoi Eu, d'etre des Anomma , voisins d' opacus For. Peut etre de A. gerstaeckeri Em.