Drepanognathus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 81

Genus 2. DREPANOGNATHUS .

Harpegnathos , Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 103 (1851) (nec Wesm. Col. 1834); Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 100.

Head elongate; eyes lateral, large, ovate and placed forward on the head, touching the base of the mandibles; the mandibles one-third longer than the head, bent, and curving upwards; their inner edge serrated, armed beneath, near their base, with a stout tooth; the antennae placed forward on the head. Thorax twice the length of the head; the prothorax swollen at the sides, the sides of meso- and metathorax parallel. The peduncle incrassate; the apical margin of the first segment of the abdomen constricted.