Solenopsis pungens

Smith, F., 1861, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 6, pp. 36-48 : 48-49

3. Solenopsis pungens .

S. ferruginea; capite maxime longitudinaliter striato; abdomine fusco (operaria major): rufo-testacea, laevis, tota nitidissima nuda flagellis pedibusque pallescentibus (operaria minor).

Worker. Length 2 lines. Ferruginous, the flagellum and legs pale ferruginous; the mandibles stout, finely punctured and with two teeth at their apex; the head very large, longitudinally striated, and with a longitudinal channel behind the scape of the antennae apparently for their reception; the eyes small, inserted forwards at the sides of the head. The metathorax, with two minute spines; the legs pale rufo-testaceous. Abdomen fuscous, smooth and shining.

Worker minor. Length 1 line. Rufo-testaceous, the antennae, thorax, and legs pale testaceous; the head of the ordinary size; entirely smooth and shining.

Hab. Menado.