Pseudomyrma sericata

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 154

5. Pseudomyrma sericata .

Pseudomyrma sericata, Smith , Trans, Ent. Soc. new ser. iii. 159. 5[[worker]].

Hab. Brazil.

This species is readily distinguished, being black, and covered with a glittering silvery pile; the legs are dark rufo-testaceous, with the anterior tibiae, knees and tarsi pale testaceous; the tips of the antennae, the anterior margin of the face, and the mandibles, pale testaceous; its length is 3 1/2 lines.