Polyrhachis cubaensis Mayr

Type location South Africa (Mayr, 1862: 686, worker; original location erroneously given as Cuba, hence the name, corrected by Mayr, 1893: 195; Bolton, 1973b: 325, not illustrated, worker & queen) collected at Natal, Durban; junior synonyms gerstaeckeri (Forel, 1886f: 197, worker) from Tanzania, striolatorugosa (Mayr, 1893: 195, worker) from Tanzania; and wilmsi (Forel, 1910b: 30, worker) from Mozambique; worker and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1862) description is at . Arnold (1924: 752) gave a translation, this is at . Forel's (1886f) description of gerstaeckeri is at . Mayr's (1893) description of striolatorugosa, correction of original type location and synonymisation of gerstaeckeri is at . Forel's (1910f) description of wilmsi is at . Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at .

WORKER - TL 6.4-7.5 mm, HL 1.77-1.85, HW 1.59-1.67, SL 1.75-1.88, PW 1.33-1.41
Transverse ridge on propodeum raised medially into a small tooth or tubercle; propodeal spines directed upwards and upcurved. Colour black, appendages brown and funiculi yellow-brown.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve, 3°57' S 37°48.13' E, pkd collection from Terminalia browni, 16.i.1996, by G McGavin. Other images can be seen in the folder at -