The Ants of Africa
Genus Polyrhachis
Polyrhachis arnoldi Forel

Polyrhachis arnoldi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Polyrhachis (Myrma) Arnoldi, n. sp., Forel, 1914d: 263, worker) collected at Natal, Durban, by G Arnold - see below.
Worker only known (Bolton, 1973b: 324, illustrated, dorsal view and petiole; also Bolton, 1995) .


{Polyrhachis arnoldi}Forel's (1914d) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1924: 750) gave an illustrated translation, this is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at {original description}.


{Polyrhachis arnoldi}WORKER - TL 7.0-8.1 mm, HL 1.74-1.89, HW 1.48-1.56, SL 1.85-1.93, PW 1.33-1.37
Distinguished by propodeum with transverse ridge at junction of dorsum and declivity; longitudinally striate gaster. Colour black, appendages brown-black and funiculi yellow-brown.


{Polyrhachis arnoldiThe photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903461.

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