Ponera apicalis

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 88

18. Ponera apicalis .

Female. Length 3 1/2 lines.-Black: the antennae, mandibles, legs, and apex of the abdomen ferruginous; the head finely shagreened. Thorax oblong-ovate, finely longitudinally rugulose; the sides of the metathorax coarsely rugose, the truncation transversely striated; the node of the peduncle incrassate, rounded above, and transversely striated in front and behind; the abdomen shining, and with a fine thin grey pubescence.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)