Formica quadrisecta

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 28

95. FORMICA QUADRISECTA . B.M.

Female. Length 7 lines.-Head and thorax dark rufo-fuscous; abdomen brown; the former oblong, widest at the vertex, which is deeply emarginate behind; mandibles armed with five strong teeth; the flagellum pale rufo-testaceous. Thorax oblong-ovate and narrow; the metathorax truncate, the truncation slightly oblique; the wings subhyaline, with a yellow tinge, the nervures pale testaceous; the legs rufo-piceous. Abdomen ovate; the scale of the peduncle quadrate, the superior margin slightly rounded.

Hab. Philippine Islands.