Polyrhachis revoili André

Type location Somalia (André 1887: 285, queen; Forel, 1894b: 71, worker; Forel, 1916: 452, male), collector Revoil; junior synonyms natalensis (Santschi, 1914e: 41, worker) from South Africa and donisthorpei (as variety of revoili, Forel, 1916: 453, worker) from Zambia; all forms known (Bolton, 1973b: 338, not illustrated; also Bolton, 1995) .

André's (1887) description of the queen is at . Forel's (1894b) description of the worker is at . Santschi's (1914e) description of natalensis is at . Arnold (1924: 754) gave a translation; this is at . Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at .

Forel (1917) described donisthorpei as smaller, TL 5.2-5.4 mm, than the type with more pronounced spines.

WORKER - TL 6.1-6.5 mm, HL 1.51-1.59, HW 1.44-1.48, SL 1.61-1.66, PW 1.40-1.48
Distinguished from Polyrhachis weissi by its larger, thickset size and abundant erect white to greyish hairs, also dense greyish pubescence. Colour dull black.

The Forel (1894b) specimens were from Delagoa, Mozambique, collected by Dr Liengme. Arnold (1924) reported specimens from Durban. A savannah and veldt species.