Polyrhachis phyllophilus

Smith, F., 1860, Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. (Part Formicidae), Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5, pp. 57-93 : 69

1. Polyrhachis phyllophilus .

P. opacus , niger ; thoraee spinis duabus acuris antice et postice armato ; abdominis squamula spinis duabus arcuatis armata.

Worker. Length 4 lines. Opake black, with the abdomen of an obscure rusty red ; the palpi elongate and pale testaceous ; eyes prominent ; the two carinae on the front, at the sides of which the antennæ are inserted, very much elevated and acute. Thorax ; the spines on the prothorax long, acute, and diverging outwards ; the metathorax compressed , the upper surface slightly concave, with the lateral margins raised, the carinae continued into two long parallel spines which project over the peduncle of the abdomen ; the legs slightly shining, destitute of spines and hairs, the calcaria pale. Abdomen obscurely red and slightly pilose ; the peduncle armed above with two long acute curved spines, which project over the base of the abdomen.

Hab. Makassar.