Polyrhachis gamaii Santschi
  Type location South
Africa (Polyrhachis (Myrma)
Gamaii n. sp., Santschi, 1917b: 295, queen; Arnold, 1947: 136,
illustrated, worker), collected at Natal, Durban, by H B Marley - queen
see below; no images of worker on Antweb (June 2018)
Worker
and queen only known. (Bolton, 1973b: 351, not illustrated; also
Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Santschi's (1917b) description is at  . Arnold (1924: 755) gave a translation,
this is at  . Arnold's (1947) illustrated description
of the worker is at  . Bolton's modern
description (1973b) is at  .
WORKER - TL 7.7-8.5 mm, HL 1.81-1.97, HW 1.70-2.08, SL
1.81-2.08, PW 1.18-1.48
Distinguished by convex eyes, very weak metanotal groove, mesoscutellum
on alitrunk dorsum. Colour black, shiny, no pubescence or erect hairs,
appendages brown and funiculi yellow-brown.
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The
photomontage of the type queen is collated from