Ponera nitida

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 92

32. Ponera nitida . B.M.

Worker. Length 2 lines.-Black, smooth and shining: the extreme base and apex of the scape, and the flagellum, ferruginous. Thorax slightly swollen anteriorly, compressed in the middle, and slightly widened to the apex of the metathorax, which is obliquely truncated; the scale incrassate, rounded in front and truncate behind. Abdomen oblong, rounded at the base and pointed at the apex, slightly constricted between the first and second segments.

Hab. Port Natal.