Taxonomic history
[First available use of Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri pallidus Santschi, 1912; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1922: 740; Santschi, 1930a PDF: 56; Raignier & Boven, 1955: 30.Subspecies of Dorylus nigricans: Bolton, 1995b: 180.