Odontomachus quadrispinosus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 78

5. Odontomachus quadrispinosus . Pl.V.figs.15-17. B.M.

Worker. Length 4 1/4 lines.-Reddish-brown, with the coxae and femora pale testaceous. The head of the same form and similarly sculptured to O. maxillaris ; the mandibles two-thirds of the length of the head, abruptly bent inwards at their apex, which is armed with two long acute teeth, which have a third short tooth in the middle of their fork. The prothorax forming a neck; the meso- and metathorax elongate and narrow, transversely roughened, not regularly striated; the metathorax with two short spines on the verge of its truncation. The peduncle of the abdomen notched at its apex, forming two short spines. The abdomen with its apex pale testaceous, and having a few scattered long pale hairs.

Hab. Brazil.