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
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Polyrhachis limitis
Santschi
Polyrhachis alexisi
st.
limitis
Santschi, 1939: 12
. Holotype worker, DEMOCRATIC REP. of the CONGO: Pale (
Gérard
) (NHMB) [examined].
Polyrhachis limitis
Santschi
: Bolton 1973:350.
Diagnosis.
An
alexisi
-group species identifiable by: pronotum and propodeum laterally marginate, petiole quadrispinose, head oval, with moderately convex sides, and eyes somewhat slightly breaking the head outline in full face view.
The following data refer to the recently collected second known worker of this species. This Tanzanian specimen differs from the type only by its smaller size; yet I could not detect any significant difference from the type.
HL 1.34, HW 1.16, CI 87, SL 1.47, SI 127, FW 0.37, FI 32, PW 1.14, WL 1.66, HTL 1.40.
Material examined. TANZANIA
: Kigoma Region, Gombe Stream N.P., 4°42’S 29°37’E, thickset woodland, from trail, 798–1115 m, ix.2009–i.2010 (
R. O’Malley
) (1 w, HLMD: RO 09-1253).