Heptacondylus longipes

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 142-143

3. Heptacondylus longipes . B.M."

Worker. Length 2 3/4 lines.-Dark rufo-fuscous: the antennae, head beneath, mandibles and lower part of the face, pale rufotestaceous; antennae much more slender and elongate than either of the preceding species. Head smooth and sinning, not carinated. Thorax smooth and shining, the lateral margins traversed by a sharp carina; the metathorax elevated, armed with two acute spines; the legs elongate and slender; the coxae beneath, the base and apex of the femora and tibiae, and the tarsi, pale ferruginous. Abdomen smooth and shining, the apex pale ferruginous.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).

Very distinct from either of the preceding species, and distinguished by its elongate legs and antennae.