Polyrhachis aenescens Stitz

Type location Cameroun (Stitz, 1910: 151, worker), only known worker, location not given, collected by von Knobloch; worker only described (Bolton, 1973b) .

Stitz's (1910) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at

WORKER - TL 6.2 mm; separable from related species by having no erect hairs on the dorsal surfaces. Pubescence fairly dense with a pale yellowish reflection on the pronotum, silvery grey on the gaster. Sculpturation of a fine, dense reticulation. Colour black, legs brown or orange-brown, the tibiae lighter (Bolton, 1973b: 332, illustrated alitrunk and petiole only).