Ponera diminuta

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 89

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296630

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/07DD040E-764D-5C62-4495-A981E8EB74B9

treatment provided by

Donat

scientific name

Ponera diminuta
status

 

23. Ponera diminuta View in CoL   HNS . B.M.

Worker. Length 3 lines.-Black: the mandibles and extreme base of the scape ferruginous, the flagellum fusco-ferruginous; the head elongate, narrowed behind; delicately striated, the striae curved transversely on the vertex. Thorax elongate, produced anteriorly into a neck, behind which it is swollen: in the middle it is compressed, and from thence widened to the apex; the apex obliquely truncate, the truncation with a few deep transverse striae; the thorax above has a number of short irregular striae or scratches; the legs rufo-piceous, the tarsi palest. Abdomen: the scale or node, viewed laterally, is quadrate; above, it is slightly widest behind and truncated in front and behind; the first segment rounded in front, its apical margin constricted, the second segment is also constricted at the base; the abdomen is smooth and shining, with the apical margins of the segments and the apex rufo-piceous.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).

This species, on a smaller scale, is almost an exact representative of the P. tarsata   HNS .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Ponera

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