Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) lucidula Emery, 1893

Material examined. None available.

Material not physically examined. Type queen – FOCOL2944 (ZMHB) .

Literature. Types (queen and male) – Viehmeyer (1916); Overbeck (1924) [as Polyrhachis hippomanes subsp. lucidula].

Localities. Bukit Timah Road

Habitat/Ecology. Colonies of the species were found in withered bamboo in a garden.

Remarks. The queen and male of this species were first described by Viehmeyer (1916) based on specimens collected by Overbeck (1924) in Singapore. Viehmeyer (1916) commented that should the species turn out to be a new ‘form’, he would name it ‘ lucidissima ’ – a new variety of the (then) subspecies lucidula .