Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri, Niarembe, 1935 (Scops). Primary type depository: MRAC.
Type notes:Dorylus niarembensis is based on a queen specimen of Dorylus nigricans molestusGerstäcker, 1859, sensuRaignier & Boven, 1955: 103, misidentification.