Polyrhachis hippomanes

A worker of this species was collected from a Pandanus fogging sample.

Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis mucronata  species group.

Kohout (2008) - Two specimens of P. hippomanes from Dumoga-Bone (Sulawesi) are very similar to the holotype but differ slightly in the colour of their legs. In the holotype they are uniformly dark brown, apart from the trochanters and proximal ends of femora that are a shade lighter. In the modern specimens the coxae, trochanters and the proximal halves of the femora are distinctly light reddish-brown. The propodeal and petiolar spines are also more widely divergent in the modern specimens. However, in all other aspects both match the P. hippomanes holotype.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sulawesi. Oriental Region: India, Thailand.

Nomenclature

 *  hippomanes. Polyrhachis hippomanes Smith, F. 1861b: 43, pl. 1, fig. 21 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 649 (l.). Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 166. Current subspecies: nominal plus boettcheri, ceylonensis. See also: Santschi, 1928g: 253.

Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Holotype worker. Type locality: INDONESIA, SULAWESI, Tondano (A. R. Wallace), (examined).

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Tond.” (= Tondano, Sulawesi) and with a Donisthorpe type-label.

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