Polyrhachis lanuginosa Santschi

Type location Zaïre (Santschi, 1910c: 394, illustrated, worker), holotype worker from Mindouli; junior synonyms conradti and felici (both replacement names for the unavailable Polyrhachis lanuginosa ssp santschii, Emery, 1921e: 24, queen; new names by Santschi, 1923e: 294) both from Cameroun, location not given; see Bolton, 1973b, 1995) .

Santschi's (1910c) description is at . Emery's (1921e) description of conradti (as santschii) is at . Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at

WORKER - TL 5.9-6.1 mm; characterised by the presence of transverse ridges on the propodeum as opposed to teeth, and distinguished by the abundant long, curved or sinuate, yellow-white hairs. Pubescence long and greyish especially on appendages and gaster. Colour black, antennal funiculi yellow-brown, tarsi dark brown or black, (Bolton, 1973b: 335, not illustrated).