Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel

Type location East Africa (Polyrhachis militaris st schlüteri, Forel 1886f: 195, worker; Arnold, 1924: 747, queen; raised to species Dalla Torre, 1893: 268), collected by Schlüter; junior synonyms indigens (Forel, 1914d: 261, worker) from South Africa, and pleibeia (Santschi, 1914b: 143, worker) from Kenya; worker and queen only known (Bolton, 1973b: 321, not illustrated; also Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1886f) description is at . Arnold (1924: 747) gave an illustrated translation (as a race of schistacea); this is at . Santschi's (1914b) description of pleibeia is at . Forel's (1914d) description of indigens is at . Bolton's modern description (1973b) is at .

WORKER - TL 8.6-9.1 mm, HL 2.00-2.23, HW 1.66-1.78, SL 2.25-2.60, PW 1.54-1.78
Close to Polyrhachis militaris but without erect hairs on dorsal surfaces; sculpturation all over of a fine dense reticulation. Colour black, appendages brown and funiculi yellow-brown but whole insect with a silvery appearance due to dense pubescence.

The photomontage is of specimens from Kwazulu, Natal, South Africa, St. Lucia, S 28°23.2' E 32°24.3'; sea level; three specimens; Peter Hlavác, 7-8.ii.2004. Other images can be seen in the folder at -