Formica pallida

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 26

89. Formica pallida . B.M.

Worker. Length 2 1/2 - 3 lines.-Pale rufo-testaceous, smooth, shining and slightly pilose; the head much wider than the thorax, the vertex widely and deeply emarginate; mandibles dark rufopiceous; the flagellum and legs paler than the rest of the body; the thorax compressed behind; the scale narrow, elongate-ovate; abdomen subglobose and thinly sprinkled with long pale hairs; the head and thorax also slightly pubescent.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).

This species varies in the colouring of different individuals: some examples have the head as well as the abdomen of a deeper hue.