Polyrhachis goramensis

Identification
Polyrhachis goramensis is characterised by: a distinctly swollen pronotal dorsum; a moderately impressed pro-mesonotal suture; short, acute propodeal spines that are sometimes reduced to a pair of tubercules, and distinctly elongated lateral petiolar spines. It is rather similar to Polyrhachis integra from Indonesia. Both have a rather massive pronotum with widely rounded sides, the mesosomal dorsum rapidly descending from the summit of the pronotum to the declivity and short, but distinct, propodeal spines. However, they are easily distinguished, with Polyrhachis integra having a distinctly higher pronotum, the mesonotum virtually straight in lateral view, and the lateral petiolar spines reduced to short teeth. In Polyrhachis goramensis the mesonotal dorsum is convex in lateral view and the widely diverging lateral petiolar spines are more than twice as long as the dorsal pair. (Kohout 2006)

Distribution
Endemic to Seram Island.

This taxon was described from Indonesia (Goram Island).

Type Material
Syntype workers – as reported by Kohout (2006).

Type Locality Information
INDONESIA, Goram Island (= Seram Island), col. L.M. D’Albertis.