Formica stricta, Jerdon, T. C., 1851

Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17, pp. 103-127 : 123

37. Formica stricta , N. S.

Worker, length 7 - 20 th of an inch; head nearly square, slightly narrowed anteriorly; jaws rough, triangular, strongly toothed; eyes large, posterior; prothorax wide, metathorax narrowed; post thorax in the form of a rounded raised narrow platform, ending in two points, and truncated; abdominal pedicle blunt, rounded, raised; abdomen short, oval; antennae rufous, head and thorax dull greenish black, shagreened; abdomen shining glaucous green; legs shining black.

I have found this Ant on flowers in Malabar, but have not seen its nest; it is not a very common species.