Pseudomyrma testacea., 1844

Smith, Frederick, 1855, Descriptions of some species of Brazilian ants belonging to the genera Pseudomyrma, Eciton and Myrmica (with observations on their economy by Mr. H. W. Bates), Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2) 3, pp. 156-169 : 168

Sp. 10. Pseudomyrma testacea.

Tetraponera testacea, Smith , Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 2nd Ser. ix. 45.

Female. - Length lines. Testaceous, smooth and shining; the head elongate, truncate behind, slightly emarginate at the vertex; a shallow impressed line running from the anterior stemma to the insertion of the antennae, where it terminates in a deep sulcation, carinate at its sides ; the eyes black, and elongate-ovate ; the mandibles ferruginous, roughly channelled longitudinally , with irregular striations, the teeth black. Thorax elongate-ovate , the pro- and metathorax rounded, the meso-thorax fusco-testaceous above; the whole very smooth and shining. Abdomen : the basal segment clavate, the second globose, the third slightly constricted, the whole very smooth and shining,

Hab. South America (Napo).

In the British Museum.