Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858a PDF: 60, pl. 4, fig. 40 (q.) INDIA. Indomalaya. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d PDF: 195.Senior synonym of Polyrhachis simplex (and its junior synonym Polyrhachis spiniger): Bolton, 1974b PDF: 177.Female. Length 3 1/2 lines.-Opake-black, the wings milkywhite. The clypeus emarginate in front, with a smooth shining line down the centre; a similar line runs upwards from the base of the clypeus, not quite extending to the anterior stemma. Thorax ovate, with the lateral angles of the prothorax acute; the metathorax armed at the lateral angles with a short stout acute tooth; the wings milky-white, the nervures pale testaceous, the stigma pale brown. Abdomen subglobose; the scale of the peduncle incrassate, subquadrate, with a long curved stout acute tooth at each superior lateral angle, the centre of the margin between the spines emarginate.
Hab. Northern India.
