Pseudomyrma phyllophila

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 156-157

13. Pseudomyrma phyllophila .

Worker. Length 2 2/3 lines.-Obscure rufo-testaceous: the head and prothorax of the brightest colour; the antennae, face anteriorly, mandibles, anterior tibiae, the tarsi and articulations of the legs, pale testaceous; the antennae dusky towards the apex. Abdomen ovate, pointed at the apex, covered with fine silky pile; the first node of the abdomen clavate, the petiole short and thick, with a minute acute tooth at the base beneath, the sides of the node flattened; the second node much wider and subglobose.

Hab. Rio (Constantia). (Coll. Rev. Hamlet Clark.)

This species resembles P. sericata , but in that species the petiole is longer and very slender, and not toothed beneath.