Polyrhachis pressa

Specimens have been collected from fogging samples in forest with a cacao understory.

Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis hector species group.

Kohout (2008) - Sulawesian specimens are generally smaller than those from Java and Borneo (HL 2.15-2.46 versus HL 2.40-2.68) but they are otherwise identical.

Distribution
Kohout (2008) - This is a very characteristic, relatively rare species that is known from both Java and Borneo. It was reported from Sulawesi by Emery (1901: 569) but the workers from Lore Lindu and Dumoga-Bone National Parks are the only specimens I have seen from the island.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines.

Nomenclature

 *  pressa. Polyrhachis pressus Mayr, 1862: 681 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Java). Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 130.

Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Syntype workers, queen. INDONESIA, JAVA, Batavia (= Jakarta) (Novara), (examined).