The Ants of Africa
Genus Polyrhachis
Polyrhachis alexisi Forel

Polyrhachis alexisi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma( Alexisis n. sp., Forel 1916: 455, illustrated, worker & queen), collected at Kinshasa by H. Kohl
worker and queen only known .

(Bolton, 1973b: 346, illustrated, alitrunk and petiole only; also Bolton, 1995).

{Polyrhachis alexisi} {Polyrhachis alexisi}Forel's (1916) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 4.8 mm, HL 1.19, HW 1.00, SL 1.26, PW 0.89
Distinguished by development of petiolar spines and complete lack of alitrunk margination. Colour black, appendages brown and funiculi yellow-brown.

{Polyrhachis alexisi}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910953

{Polyrhachis alexisi}The photomontage of a worker from Cameroun is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0415705
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