Typhlatta laeviceps, Smith, 1857

Smith, F., 1861, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 6, pp. 36-48 : 49

1. Typhlatta laeviceps

, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 79. 1.

This remarkable genus of ants, the workers of which are destitute of eyes, is in my opinion closely allied to the genus Eciton , one or two species of which are also blind; the present species is very like the Eciton pachycerus of my Catalogue of Formicidae , which is also blind. That species was collected by General Hardwick, and formed part of his collection, which he presented to the British Museum; I have little doubt it was captured in India, although South America (?) is given as its probable habitat. This genus differs from Eciton in having only two joints to the labral palpi; the maxillary palpi I have not succeeded in extracting.