Polyrhachis aequalis

Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis aequalis species group.

Kohout (2008) - Polyrhachis frauenfeldi and Polyrhachis aequalis are very similar. Both species have short, but distinct humeral teeth, almost identical sculpturation of the mesosomal dorsum, subequal petiolar spines and a reddish-brown body and appendages. They mainly differ in the form of the median portion of the anterior clypeal margin that, in P. ternatae, has a widely open, V-shaped emargination, while it is simply truncate in P. aequalis.

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

Nomenclature

 *  aequalis. Polyrhachis textor var. aequalis Forel, 1910d: 129 (w.q.) PHILIPPINES. Combination in P. (Myrmothrinax): Emery, 1925b: 183. Raised to species: Kohout, 1998: 509.

Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Syntype workers, queen. Original localities: PHILIPPINES, LUZON, Province of Zambales, Olongapo (C.S. Banks); NEGROS Occ., Maao (C.S. Banks), BSMP (types destroyed – see Balthasar, 1966: 284),, (examined).