Polyrhachis latispina

Specimen label records show this species has been collected from: fogging of Teclea nobilis, equatorial rainforest in a dead, hollow vine, primary forest and a rainforest edge in a dead twig.

Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis militaris species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.

Nomenclature

 * atalanta. Polyrhachis atalanta Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 263, fig. 71 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Junior primary homonym of atalanta Emery, above.] Replacement name: latispina Emery, 1925b: 206.
 *  latispina. Polyrhachis (Myrma) latispina Emery, 1925b: 206. Replacement name for atalanta Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 263. [Junior primary homonym of atalanta Emery, 1898b: 243.] Senior synonym of iperpunctata: Bolton, 1973b: 309.
 * iperpunctata. Polyrhachis (Myrma) iperpunctata Menozzi, 1942: 181, fig. 4 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko I.). [Also given as new in Eidmann, 1944: 466. Misspelled as iperstriata by Eidmann, 1944: 424.] Junior synonym of latispina: Bolton, 1973b: 310.