Key to Sulawesi Polyrhachis hector-group species

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Kohout 2008a.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52:255-317. PDF]]

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Polyrhachis

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 * Smaller (HL <2.00); body very slender with disproportionally long (‘spider-like’) appendages . . . . . Polyrhachis muelleri


 * Larger (HL >2.20) with appendages proportional to rest of body . . . . . 2

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 * Gaster opaque, reddish or black; propodeal spines more-or-less horizontal . . . . . Polyrhachis abdominalis


 * Gaster highly polished, black with dark reddish hue; propodeal spines distinctly obliquely elevated . . . . . Polyrhachis pressa