Solenopsis cephalotes

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 149-150

1. Solenopsis cephalotes .

S. pallide ferruginea; capite maxime in medio sulcato, abdomine apice fusco.

Worker major. Length 2 1 / 2 lines. Pale ferruginous, with the anterior part of the face darker, the mandibles incrassate and very dark fuscoferruginous; head very large and divided by a deep longitudinal channel, emarginate behind, nearly quadrate; the eyes small and placed forwards on the sides of the head. The metathorax truncate, not spined. Abdomen ovate, truncate at the base, its apex fuscous; the first node of the petiole compressed, its margin rounded above, the second node incrassate and subglobose; club of the antennae 2 - jointed.

Worker minor. Length 1 1 / 2 line. Of the same colour as the worker major, but with the head of the ordinary size and slightly narrowed behind, the mandibles of the same colour as the head; the legs and antennae longer, as well as the petiole of the abdomen; the body is very smooth and shining, the club of the antennae; 2 - jointed.

Hab. Aru.