Ponera pallidicornis

Smith, F., 1860, Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. (Part Formicidae), Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5, pp. 57-93 : 73

5. Ponera pallidicornis .

P. obscure rufo-fusca; antennis pedibusque pallide testaeeis ; alis hyalinis.

Male. Length 3 lines. Shining rufo-fuscous ; the head impunetate ; the antennæ, mandibles, and palpi pale rufo-testaceous. The thorax delicately punctured ; the seutellum prominent, smooth, and shining ; the sings In aline and iridescent, with the nervures colourless ; the stigma pale testaceous ; the legs rufo-fuscous, with the articulations and tarsi pale. Abdomen : the segments slightly constricted ; the node of the peduncle conical, and with a tooth at its base beneath.

Hab. Makassar.