Ponera tarsata

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 94

40. Ponera tarsata . Pl. VI. figs. 15, 16.

Formica tarsata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 280. 38 [[worker]]; Syst. Piez. 408. 53.

Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 200. pl. vii. f. 44. A. [[worker]], B [[queen]].

Halid. Trans, Linn. Soc. xvii. (1837).

Ponera tarsata , St. Farg. Hym. i. 194. 7.

Hab. South America; Demerara; Brazil; Para.

Fabricius appears to be in error in giving the habitat Senegal to this species in the Supplement to the ' Entomologia Systematica,' and it is repeated in the ' Systerna Piezatorum.' I think there can be no doubt that the figure in Latreille's ' Fourmis ' represents the South American species; and Fabricius quotes the figure as representing his F. tarsata . Be this as it may, the more minute description of Latreille is certainly that of the South American species.