Polyrhachis wilmsi Forel
  Type location Mozambique
(Polyrhachis
cubaensis Mayr subsp. wilmsi
n. subsp., Forel, 1910b:
30, worker; revised status, Rigato, 2016: 46) from Mozambique, Lobombo Borges, Dr F Wilms - see
below
Worker only known.
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Forel's (1910f) description of wilmsi
is at  . Bolton's note as cubaensis
description (1973b) is at  . Rigato's (2016) revision is at 
Rigato
(2016) did not sight the type. he gave: "The measurements below refer
to Somalian specimens for comparison with South African ones already
given by Bolton (1973) (n=3).
HL 1.70–1.72, HW 1.52–1.53, CI 89, SL 1.58–1.62, SI 104–106, FW 0.52–0.54, FI 34–36, PW 1.27–1.30, WL 2.08–2.18, HTL 1.70–1.76.
Material examined: SOMALIA: Mogadiscio, Afgoi, 22.iv–5.v.1984 (R.
Mourglia) (3 w, MSNM). SOUTH AFRICA: Zululand (G. Arnold) (2 w, BMNH).
Transverse ridge on propodeum raised medially into a small tooth or
tubercle; propodeal spines directed upwards and upcurved. Colour black,
appendages brown and funiculi yellow-brown.
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The
photomontage of a type worker of wilmsi is collated
from