Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Ponera spiniventris

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Description

34. Ponera spiniventris, B.M.

Male. Length 6 1/2 lines.-Black: with flavo-hyaline wings, the nervures rufo-piceous. Head much narrower than the thorax; the antennae setaceous, longer than the thorax; head and thorax both covered with a thin downy pubescence; the calcaria and claw-joint of the tarsi testaceous. Abdomen elongate, longer than the head and thorax, the apical margins of the segments constricted; the basal segment with a short blunt tooth or spine at the base beneath; the node of the peduncle incrassate, obtuse above, and, as well as the abdomen, covered with a short downy pubescence.

Hab. Sierra Leone. (Coll. Rev. D. F. Morgan.)

In all probability this is the male of P. pestilentia.

Notes

Published as part of Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London :British Museum on page 92

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Ponera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
spiniventris
Taxon rank
species