Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel
  Type location East Africa
(Polyrhachis militaris r. Schlüteri n. stirps, Forel
1886f: 195,
worker; Arnold, 1924: 747, queen; raised to species Dalla Torre, 1893:
268), collected by Schlüter - see below
junior synonyms
indigens (Polyrhachis (Myrma) Schlüteri
For. v. indigens n. v.,
Forel, 1914d: 261, worker) from South Africa, Durban, G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0910914
pleibeia (Polyrhachis (Myrma) Schlüteri
var. plebeia nov., Santschi,
1914b: 143, worker) from Kenya, Taveta, iii.1912 - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0910914
worker and queen
only known (Bolton, 1973b: 321, not illustrated; also Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Forel's (1886f) description is at  . Arnold (1924: 747) gave an illustrated
translation (as a race of schistacea); this is at  . Santschi's (1914b) description of pleibeia
is at  . Forel's (1914d) description of indigens
is at  . Bolton's modern
description (1973b) is at  .
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 The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910913
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Polyrhachis schlueteri
B Taylor det.
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South Africa
Peter Hlavác
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7-8.ii.2004
St Lucia
32°24.3' S
28°23.2' E
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Kwazulu, Natal, St.
Lucia, sea level
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 WORKER
- TL 8.6-9.1 mm, HL 2.00-2.23, HW 1.66-1.78, SL 2.25-2.60, PW 1.54-1.78
Close to Polyrhachis
militaris but without erect hairs on dorsal surfaces;
sculpturation all over of a fine dense reticulation. Colour black,
appendages brown and funiculi yellow-brown but whole insect with a
silvery appearance due to dense pubescence.
The photomontage is of specimens from Kwazulu, Natal, South
Africa, St. Lucia; collector Peter Hlavác, 7-8.ii.2004.
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 The
specimens in these field photographs were taken in Kwazulu, Natal, South
Africa, St. Lucia, by Joan Young; two sets 100_2833 & 100_2834.
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