The Ants of Africa
Genus Polyrhachis
Polyrhachis medusa Forel

Polyrhachis medusa Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Tanzania (Polyrhachis schistacea Gerst. r medusa nov. stirps, Forel 1897c: 206, all forms; raised to species Forel, 1907g: 92), from Zanzibar, coll. A Voeltzkow; all forms known. (Bolton, 1973b: 312, not illustrated; also Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1897c) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 12.6-14.4 mm, HL 2.74-3.00, HW 2.40-2.52, SL 3.37-3.56, PW 2.24-2.52
Similar to Polyrhachis schistacea but distinguished by the abundant pubescence, and from Polyrhachis militaris by that having golden pubescence. Colour black but covered in long dense white or off-white pubescence.

{Polyrhachis medusa}The photomontage is of a worker from Kenya is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0217782.

A syntype worker can be seen http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903453.
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