Cataulacus (Smith, F. 1876)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Name
Cataulacus Smith, F., 1876 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cataulacus Smith, F., 1876, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 9: 611-611.
Description
Worker. - Length 2 1 / 4 lines. Black; the head, thorax and nodes of the peduncle of the abdomen rugose; the apical portion of the scape, the apex of the flagellum, the anterior tibiae and tarsi, and the apex of the intermediate and posterior tibiae above, pale ferruginous. Head with the sides rounded, narrowed anteriorly, with the anterior margin very slightly emarginate, nearly straight; the margin of the vertex also slightly emarginate and crenu-lated; convex above, and longitudinally and irregularly rugose-striate. Thorax sculptured similarly to the head; the sides spinulose, narrower than the head, widest anteriorly; the metathorax with two stout spines; the legs rugose, covered with short, minute spines, each spine terminating with a pale seta; the spines on the margin of the thorax have also terminal white setae as well as the nodes of the peduncle of the abdomen. Abdomen ovate, slightly emarginate at the base; the base with a number of irregular longitudinal carinae; beyond, it is very delicately carinated, and sprinkled with minute, erect pale setae. (Fig. 11, ☿ Pl. XL)
Distribution
Hab. - Singapore.
Taxon Treatment
- Smith, F.; 1876: Descriptions of new species of Cryptoceridae, belonging to the genera Cryptocerus, Meranoplus and Cataulacus., Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 9: 611-611. doi
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