Key to Sulawesi Polyrhachis hector-group species

This worker key is based on: Kohout, R.J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52:255-317.

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• Polyrhachis hector species-group
• subgenus Myrmhopla
• Polyrhachis

1

• Smaller (HL <2.00); body very slender with disproportionally long (‘spider-like’) appendages . . . . . Polyrhachis muelleri

• Larger (HL >2.20) with appendages proportional to rest of body . . . . . 2

2

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• Gaster opaque, reddish or black; propodeal spines more-or-less horizontal . . . . . Polyrhachis abdominalis

• Gaster highly polished, black with dark reddish hue; propodeal spines distinctly obliquely elevated . . . . . Polyrhachis pressa