Ocodoma Minor, Jerdon, T. C., 1851

Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17, pp. 103-127 : 110

12. Ocodoma Minor , N. S.

Worker, length about 5 - 48 th of an inch, entirely rufous, head oblong, smooth; eyes small; jaws long, somewhat triangular, toothed, last tooth prolonged; thorax slightly grooved, with two small spines in its posterior extremity; abdominal pedicles slightly raised, first long, conic; second rounded; both narrow above.

Female 5 - 8 th of an inch long, head nearly square, slightly notched behind, three ocelli on top of head; eyes large medial, head striated with a hollow for the base of the antennae; jaws triangu-lar, bluntly toothed at the two angles; antennae short; thorax much raised anteriorly, and with two small posterior spines; abdomen long, oval, large.

I, on one occasion, only, found a single individual which I pre-sume to be the female (which had lost her wings) under a stone in my garden at Tellicherry, surrounded by numerous workers who were busy tending her, and removing some eggs or larvae. It is the only female I have seen of this genus, and is well characterized by its large eyes, and ocelli.