Polyrhachis latharis

The type was collected from primary forest in a fogging sample.

Identification
Rigato (2016) - Among alexisi-group species it is distinctive for its somewhat trapezoidal elongate head, whose sides are faintly concave in front of the eyes, quadrispinose petiole, and marginate pronotum and propodeum. Lateral propodeal margins run much closer to each other than the actual propodeal width.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo, Ghana.

Nomenclature

 *  latharis. Polyrhachis latharis Bolton, 1973b: 348, figs. 49, 60 (w.q.) GHANA.

Worker
Rigato (2016) - HL 1.34, HW 1.15, CI 86, SL 1.50, SI 130, FW 0.36, FI 31, PW 1.28, WL 1.83, HTL 1.48.

Type Material
Rigato (2016) - Holotype worker, GHANA: eastern region, Mt. Atewa, primary forest, by pyrethrum knock-down, sample A5/7, 12.vii.1969 (D. Leston)