Polyrhachis annae

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 *  annae. Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) annae Mann, 1919: 377, fig. 48 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 180 (q.).

Queen
Length 6-6.5 mm.

Resembling the worker; pronotal teeth shorter than broad at their bases and less acute; epinotal spines shorter and subparallel, petiolar spines straight and less divergent. Mesonotum as long as broad, semicircular in front. The dense golden pubescence covering the body the same as in the worker but somewhat less silvery on the head and thorax, the pale erect hairs slightly more numerous on the thorax and gaster.

Type Material
Graciosa Bay, Santa Cruz Island is the type locality of this beautiful species, which was taken by Mann also in several localities in the Solomons.