Myrmica carinata

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 148-149

6. Myrmica carinata .

M, obscure fusco-ferruginea; thorace rufofulvo; capite thoraceque carinis irregularibus; metathorace spinis duabus longis armato.

Worker. Length 1 1 / 4 lines. Head and abdomen black, with more or less of an obscure ferruginous tinge, particularly at the vertex and base of the abdomen; the thorax and nodes of the petiole ferruginous; the legs rufo-piceous, with the tarsi and articulations ferruginous, the antennae and mandibles ferruginous; the head and thorax with irregular distant longitudinal carinae; the sides of the thorax rugose; the spines on the metathorax long and acute; the abdomen very smooth and shining; the club of the antennae 3 - jointed.

Bai. Aru.