Ponera truncata

Smith, F., 1860, Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. (Part Formicidae), Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5, pp. 57-93 : 72-73

3. Ponera truncata .

P. nigra; antennis, mandibulis, pedibus, abdominisque apice ferrugineis.

Female. Length lines. Black ; the clypeus, antennæ, mandibles, legs, the apex of the metathorax and of the abdomen ferruginous ; the eyes placed forward at the sides of the head, near the base of the mandibles ; the head, thorax, and abdomen thinly covered with a fine, short, downy pile, which venders the body sub-opake ; the truncated portion of the metathorax very smooth and shining ; the mesothorax with an obseute rufous tinge. The apical margins of the two basal segments of the abdomen rufo-testaceous, the following segments entirely so.

Hab. Makassar.