The Ants of Africa
Genus Polyrhachis
Polyrhachis aenescens Stitz

Polyrhachis aenescens Stitz

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Polyrhachis aenescens n. sp., Stitz, 1910: 151, worker), only known worker, location not given, collected by von Knobloch - no images on Antweb (December 2014)
worker only described (Bolton, 1973b) .


{unavailable due to copyright}Stitz's (1910) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at {original description}

WORKER - TL 6.2 mm; separable from related species by having no erect hairs on the dorsal surfaces. Pubescence fairly dense with a pale yellowish reflection on the pronotum, silvery grey on the gaster. Sculpturation of a fine, dense reticulation. Colour black, legs brown or orange-brown, the tibiae lighter (Bolton, 1973b: 332, illustrated alitrunk and petiole only).


{Polyrhachis aenescens}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=focol2574

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