Oecophylla smaragdina ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Pham, Duy Long, Bao, Hoang Quoc, Nguyen, Dai Dac, Trong, Ly Van, Tra, Tran Thi Le, Phuc, Kieu Thanh, Thu, Nguyen Thi Minh & Chi, Nguyen Minh, 2024, Edible ants in Vietnam: Identification and indigenous knowledge, Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 208-220 : 211-212

Oecophylla smaragdina ( Fabricius, 1775)

HL: 1.718–2.63 mm; HDW: 1.603 –2.592 mm; FW: 0.433 –0.724 mm ; SCL: 1.724 –2.859 mm; EL: 0.374 –0.536 mm ; IPPL: 1.061 –1.768 mm ; PEL: 0.65–0.928 mm; PEH: 0.313 –0.528 mm ; PNW: 0.841 – 1.025 mm ; PEW: 0.277 –0.411 mm (n = 30, Fig. 2 ) .

Body reddish yellow, slender, slightly monomorphic. Head round (anterior view), subrectangular, slightly large, broader posteriorly, with rounded sides and convex posterior corners. Eyes medium to large, convex, broadly elliptical, situated in front of the middle of the head. Mandibles long, narrow, triangular, with nearly straight lateral borders. Masticatory margin oblique. Teeth with five teeth long, curved and apical, with 9–10 teeth, denticle short. Clypeus large, and convex. Frontal area rather large, and subtriangular, frontal carinae moderately long, subparallel. Antennae long, 12 segments, carina and scrobe absent. Clypeus roundly expanded anteriorly. Thorax long and narrow, pronotum longer than wide, evenly convex above, mesonotum long, subcylindrical. Petiole low and round, depressed dorsoventrally, much longer than wide. Caster short, broadly triangular. Leg very long and slender.

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Figure 2. Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) in Dak Lak province, Vietnam.