Tapinoma thoracica

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 : 69

Ì. Tapinoma thoracica .

T. nigra, subnitida; capite abdomineque glabris; thorace rugoso; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis.

Worker. Length 2 lnes. Black and slightly shining; the antennae and legs obscure ferruginous. Thorax rugose above, deeply strangulated between the meso- and metathorax, the latter abruptly concave truncate; the peduncle of the abdomen inclining forwards, rounded in front; flat and oblique behind; abdomen ovate, produced anteriorly, and overhanging the peduncle.

Hab. Makassar.