The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author
Rigato, Fabrizio
text
Zootaxa
2016
4088
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1
4019c4cc-9ef3-402e-888b-f258264b3617
1175-5326
261854
7F80636F-C96A-40B8-9DC6-BD341EF0D5AE
Polyrhachis latispina
Emery
EQUAT. GUINEA:
Fernando Poo [currently Bioko], Musola, 500-800 m, i–iii.1902 (
L. Fea
) (1 w, MSNG).
CAMEROUN
: Ottotomo (
A. Dejean
) (1 w, BMNH).
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
: P.N. Dzanga–Ndoki, 38.6 km 173° S Lidjombo, 2°22’N 16°03’E, 350 m, 20–28.v.2001 #4125 (
B.L. Fisher
) (2 w, CAS: CASENT0009201, CASENT0009212).
UGANDA
: Kibale Forest N.P., Kanyawara Makerere University Biological Field Station, viii.2002 (
D. Quicke & N. Laurenne
) (1 w, CAS: CASENT0094704 ANTC2665).
KENYA
: Busumbuli, Kakamega Forest, 0.27°N 34.88°E, 1600 m, ix–x.2002, T.n. #136, fogging ex
Teclea nobilis
(
W. Freund
)
(1 w, HLMD); Kakamega Distr., Isecheno, Kakamega Forest, 0.24°N 34.86°E, 1600 m, 25.iii.2003, #03-026, equatorial rainforest: ex dead, hollow vine (
R.R. Snelling
) (2 w, HLMD); Western Province, Kakamega Forest, Salesar, 0°19’36”N 34°52’15”E, 1650 m, primary forest, 4.vii.2009, handcoll. (
G. F i s c h e r
) (1 w, HLMD).
TANZANIA:
Amani, 5°06’S 38°38’E, 950 m, 20.xii.1990, rainforest edge ex dead twig (
P.S. Wa rd
) (1 w, CAS).