Formica rufoglauca, Jerdon, T. C., 1851

Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17, pp. 103-127 : 124

40. Formica rufoglauca , N. S.

Worker, 7 - 24 th inch long, head long, oblong; eyes large, pos-terior; jaws strongly toothed; thorax not grooved; abdominal pedicle raised, conic, wide above; abdomen fine silky glaucous green; head, thorax and legs bright rufous.

Warrior, 9 - 24 th inch long, head large; eyes much smaller; antennae shorter; abdominal pedicle flattened posteriorly; abdomen snort and triangular; colour similar.

I have found this Ant only in the Carnatic in small societies living in holes in the ground.

It is possible that this' may turn out to be Fabricius species cinerascens .