The Ants of Africa
Genus Polyrhachis
Polyrhachis cornuta Stitz

Polyrhachis cornuta Stitz

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Polyrhachis cornuta n. sp., Stitz, 1910: 150, worker, not illustrated), only known worker from Kimpoko, collected by Büttner - no images on Antweb (December 2014).
Worker only described (Bolton, 1973b: 300, illustrated) .


{Polyrhachis cornuta}Stitz's (1910) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 5.6 mm; separable from related species by the distinctive petiole. Colour black, mandibles and apical six segments of antenna brown or yellow brown.


{Polyrhachis cornuta}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=focol2575.

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