Formica tenuipes

Smith, F., 1857, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2, pp. 42-88 : 57

17- Formica tenuipes .

F. castaneo-rufa laevis nitida; thorace ovato; alis hyalinis; squama quadrata supra emarginata. Female. Length 4 lines. Reddish-brown: mandibles stout, and armed with five stout black teeth; antennae pale rufo-testaceous. Thorax ovate, smooth and shining; wings hyaline, the nervures pale testaceous; legs pale rufo-testaceous, with the femora much compressed, flattened; the scale of the abdomen quadrate, emarginate above. Abdomen ovate, smooth and shining.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).