Polyrhachis wilmsi

Identification
Rigato (2016) - A viscosa-group species with standing hairs on frons and vertex, four similarly long petiolar spines, and a well developed median prominence along the ridge separating propodeal dorsum and declivity.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa.

Nomenclature

 *  wilmsi. Polyrhachis cubaensis subsp. wilmsi Forel, 1910f: 30 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE.
 * Combination in P. (Myrma): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 995.
 * Junior synonym of cubaensis: Bolton, 1973b: 325.
 * Status as species: Rigato, 2016: 46.

Worker
Rigato (2016) - (n=3). HL 1.70–1.72, HW 1.52–1.53, CI 89, SL 1.58–1.62, SI 104–106, FW 0.52–0.54, FI 34–36, PW 1.27–1.30, WL 2.08–2.18, HTL 1.70–1.76.

Type Material
Rigato (2016) - Holotype worker, MOZAMBIQUE: Lobombo Borges (F. Wilms) [not seen, not at ].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Rigato F. 2016. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4088: 1-50.