Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Ponera laevigata

Creators

Description

52. Ponera laevigata. B.M.

Worker. Length 4 lines.-Jet-black, highly polished and impunctate: the tibiae, tarsi, antennae and mandibles ferruginous, the antennae more or less dusky; the mandibles with seven or eight fine teeth, and very smooth and shining. Thorax elongate; the metathorax obliquely truncate, the sides finely striated. Abdomen: a deep strangulation between the first and second segments, the apex rufo-piceous; the node of the peduncle incrassate, elevated to the height of the first segment, and rounded above; the abdomen thinly sprinkled with pale hairs.

Hab. Brazil (Ega.) (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

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 98

Files

Files (950 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:21871a271bbd63a7fdfc288dda37e0e2
950 Bytes Download

System files (3.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:17e58719c02dcb74fc5287a28273aec5
3.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

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