Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris subspecies cupreopubescens variety dido

Wheeler, W. M., 1922, The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45, pp. 39-269 : 261

publication ID	20597
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6289231
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3B4A860D-E0AC-D971-35CE-AC27B0DEFC40
treatment provided by	Christiana
scientific name	Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris subspecies cupreopubescens variety dido
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Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris subspecies cupreopubescens variety dido HNS , new name

This name is suggested to replace argentatus Stitz HNS , which is preoccupied by P. argentatus F. Smith HNS [= Formica argentata Fabricius HNS = P. sexspinosa (Latreille) HNS ].

I possess two workers of this beautiful variety from Mt. Coffee, Liberia, collected by R. P. Currie. The thorax, petiole, coxae, and ventral portions of the gaster are covered with dense, brilliant, silver pubescence, the upper surface of the gaster with brilliant golden pubescence as in cupreopubescens HNS . The lateral spines of the petiole are very short.