Myrmica transversa

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 129

62. Myrmica transversa . U.M.

Worker. Length 3 lines.-Bright rufo-ferruginous: head large, subquadrate, wider than the thorax or abdomen. Head finely striated, with some coarser striae before the eyes, slightly emarginate behind; the eyes, inner margins of the mandibles and the teeth, black. The prothorax longitudinally striated, the meso- and metathorax transversely so, the latter without spines; the legs sprinkled with pale glittering hairs. Abdomen very smooth and shining, the first node oblong, the second narrowed at the base.

Hab. North America.