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

Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris subspecies cupreopubescens variety dido , new name

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

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 . The lateral spines of the petiole are very short.