Pyramica kiranae, Makhan, D., 2007

Makhan, D., 2007, Six new Pyramica species from Suriname (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Calodema Supplementary Paper 24, pp. 1-7 : 4-5

Pyramica kiranae sp. nov. (Figs. 7, 8)

Description (holotype worker): Length 2.0 mm. Colour yellow-brown. Total head length 0.7 mm, width 0.6 mm, with spatulate hairs, mandible length 0.35 mm, long, with 5 inner teeth, curved to anterior side and with thick hairs. Eyes small. Antennae yellow-brown, scape with spatulate hairs. Mesosoma length 04 mm, width 0.32 mm, with spatulate hairs. Petiole length 0.1 mm, postpetiole width 0.11 mm, with spatulate hairs. Spongiform appendages absent. Gaster length 0.6 mm, width 0.15 mm, with spatulate hairs.

Etymology: This species is named after my daughter Aschnakiran Makhan.