Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) polita Santschi - stat. n.

Type location South Africa (Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) van der keleni For. stirps polita n. st., Santschi, 1914e: 37, illustrated, worker) Natal, Stamford Hill
worker only known (see Bolton, 1995).
The description is so distinctive that I have raised it to full species status . See Plagiolepis vanderkelleni for comparison (a rectangular head and quite dense pubescence).

Santschi's (1914e) description of polita is at . Arnold's (1922: 584) translation of polita is at - .

The photomontage of a type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912412.