Cataulacus insularis

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 197

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297408

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cataulacus insularis
status

 

7. Cataulacus insularis   HNS .

Male. Length 3 lines. - Black: the lateral angles of the vertex produced into stout acute spines; the metathorax bispi- nose. The head and thorax rugose; the antennae, eyes, mandibles, tibiae and tarsi, ferruginous; the eyes large and prominent; the clypeus produced, truncate anteriorly; the sides of the head behind the eyes serrated; beneath the lateral spines of the vertex are two smaller spines; the wings pale flavo-hyaline, the ner- vures scarcely discernible; the metathorax emarginate its entire width, with an acute spine at the lateral angles. The nodes of the abdomen rugose; the first node oblong-quadrate, the second nearly quadrate; the abdomen reddish at the base, and, as well as the nodes, thinly sprinkled with erect whitish hairs.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Cataulacus

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