Pyramica rishwani, Makhan, D., 2007

Makhan, D., 2007, Six new Pyramica species from Suriname (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Calodema Supplementary Paper 24, pp. 1-7 : 5-6

Pyramica rishwani sp. nov. (Figs. 9, 10)

Holotype: worker, Suriname, Kasikasima, 27.3.1996, coll. D. Makhan. Paratypes: 2 workers.

Description (holotype worker): Length 2.6 mm. Colour yellow-brown. Total head length 0.7 mm, width 0.6 mm mandible length 0.4 mm, large, inner teeth absent and with thick hairs. Eyes small. Antennae yellowbrown, scape with spatulate hairs. Mesosoma 0.7 mm - 0.4 mm, with thick hairs. Petiole width 0.1 mm, postpetiole 0.15 mm, with thick hairs. Spongiform appendages absent. Gaster length 0.7 mm, width 0.6 mm, with thick hairs.

Etymology: This species is named after my son Rishwan Makhan.