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<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF98FFC977F9FF79FE79FF79" authority="Forel" authorityName="Forel" box="[151,454,151,178]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilmsi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977F9FF79FEC2FF7A" bold="true" box="[151,381,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Polyrhachis wilmsi</emphasis>
Forel
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stat. n.
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<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF98FFC977F9FF30FEC2FF3F" box="[151,381,222,244]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubaensis">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977F9FF30FEC2FF3F" box="[151,381,222,244]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Polyrhachis cubaensis</emphasis>
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subsp.
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF98FFC976A2FF30FD7BFF3F" authority="Forel, 1910b: 30" authorityName="Forel" authorityPageNumber="30" authorityYear="1910" box="[460,708,222,244]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilmsi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC976A2FF30FDB1FF3F" box="[460,526,222,244]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">wilmsi</emphasis>
Forel, 1910b: 30
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. Holotype worker, MOZAMBIQUE: Lobombo Borges (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC97264FF31FADCFF3F" box="[1290,1379,222,244]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">F. Wilms</emphasis>
) [not seen, not at MHNG]. [Junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF98FFC97501FF10FC93FED8" authority="Mayr" authorityName="Mayr" box="[623,812,253,275]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubaensis">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC97501FF10FD53FED8" box="[623,748,253,275]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">P. cubaensis</emphasis>
Mayr
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: Bolton 1973:325.]
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977F9FED1FEAEFE93" bold="true" box="[151,273,319,344]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC9765CFEAEFE3BFE9C" box="[306,388,320,343]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">viscosa</emphasis>
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-group species with standing hairs on frons and vertex, four similarly long petiolar spines, and a well developed median prominence along the ridge separating propodeal dorsum and declivity.
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977A9FE69FEFBFE6B" bold="true" box="[199,324,391,416]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Comment.</emphasis>
The type of
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC9768DFE66FDCEFE6B" box="[483,625,391,416]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">P. cubaensis</emphasis>
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subsp.
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC975A0FE69FCA8FE6B" box="[718,791,391,416]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">wilmsi</emphasis>
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has not been found in the MHNG collection, where it should have been preserved. Therefore, my interpretation of this taxon is based on the original description and a comparison with some more recently collected material.
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Forel (1910b) briefly described
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC9752EFE1AFCFDFDC6" box="[576,834,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Polyrhachis cubaensis</emphasis>
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subsp.
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC974CEFE1AFC56FDC6" box="[928,1001,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">wilmsi</emphasis>
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mentioning this important feature: a median triangular tooth (“dreieckigen Zahn”) on the ridge running between the propodeal spines (“Dornen” and not “Zähnen” as pointed out by Forel himself). Such a condition exactly matches the Bolton (1973) description of “
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977CDFD8EFE8BFDB3" box="[163,308,607,632]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">P. cubaensis</emphasis>
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”. In addition, Forel (1910b) stated that
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC9744BFDB1FCD1FDB3" box="[805,878,607,632]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">wilmsi</emphasis>
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was 6.5 mm long and had a well developed longitudinal rugosity on head and mesosoma. All of these features correspond to Boltons
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF98FFC973F3FD6AFAB4FD56" box="[1181,1291,644,669]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubaensis">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC973F3FD6AFAB4FD56" box="[1181,1291,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">cubaensis</emphasis>
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as well, and not to
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977B0FD49FED7FD0B" box="[222,360,679,704]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">gerstaeckeri</emphasis>
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(see under this species), whose full size was reported as 5.4 mm.
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As no other African
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC976C3FD22FD8BFD2E" box="[429,564,716,741]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Polyrhachis</emphasis>
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seems to share
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC9758BFD22FC91FD2E" box="[741,814,716,741]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">wilmsi</emphasis>
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s main features, I think that, in absence of the type, the best way to interpret any specimen with the above mentioned characters is to name them as
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC973B8FD1EFA81FCC3" box="[1238,1342,751,776]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">P. wilmsi</emphasis>
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. Bolton (1973) based his description of
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC97691FCFAFDD2FCE6" box="[511,621,788,813]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">cubaensis</emphasis>
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on some South African specimens I could examine and which are very similar to some Somalian specimens at MSNM. All of them well fit Boltons description, except that the Somalian specimens are slightly smaller, have a lower SI, and lack proximal hairs on the clypeal dorsum (a few ones occur in South African specimens) and on tergites II-III. South African and Somalian specimens look inseparable on the basis of all main features: head shape, mesosomal shape and proportions, propodeal spines and ridge, petiolar structure, sculpturation, pubescence length and density, and I consider them as conspecific. The measurements below refer to Somalian specimens for comparison with South African ones already given by Bolton (1973) (n=3). HL 1.701.72, HW 1.521.53, CI 89, SL 1.581.62, SI 104106, FW 0.520.54, FI 3436, PW 1.271.30, WL 2.082.18, HTL 1.701.76.
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC977A9FBB9FDFDFBBB" bold="true" box="[199,578,1111,1136]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Material examined: SOMALIA</emphasis>
: Mogadiscio, Afgoi, 22.iv5.v.1984 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC97481FBB7FBC6FBBB" box="[1007,1145,1111,1136]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">R. Mourglia</emphasis>
) (3 w, MSNM).
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC97254FBB9FEBBFB5E" bold="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">SOUTH AFRICA</emphasis>
: Zululand (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF98FFC976E6FB92FE4BFB5E" box="[392,500,1148,1173]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">G. Arnold</emphasis>
) (2 w, BMNH).
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