Polyergus samurai

Distribution
This taxon was described from Japan.

Nomenclature

 *  samurai. Polyergus rufescens subsp. samurai Yano, 1911: 110, fig. 1 (w.q.) JAPAN. Terayama, Yamaguchi & Hasegawa, 1993: 511 (ergatoid q.); Imai, 1966: 119 (k.). Raised to species: Emery, 1925b: 269; Wheeler, W.M. 1927e: 3. Current subspecies: nominal plus mandarin. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 209.