Polyrhachis bellicosus

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 142

12. Polyrhachis bellicosus .

P. capite abdomineque nigris, thorace femoribusque rufis, thorace quadrispinoso, petioli squamula bihamata.

Worker. Length 3 1 / 2 lines. Black, with the scale of the petiole, thorax, coxae, and femora blood-red. Thorax: the lateral margins raised above, with two slightly curved divergent spines in front, and two stout, acute, long curved spines in the middle, directed backwards; the scale of the petiole forming a long erect pedestal, which terminates above in two much bent acute hooks, directed backwards, and being as high as the basal segment of the abdomen; the spines and hooks black at the apex. Abdomen ovate.

Hab. Aru.