Meranoplus castaneus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 194

5. Meranoplus castaneus .

Female. Length 3 1/2 lines. - Chestnut-red: head and thorax longitudinally subrugose; the metathorax with two small teeth or spines; the second node of the peduncle with a minute spine posteriorly; the flagellum obscurely ferruginous; the teeth and eyes black; the metathorax truncate, the centre of the trunca- tion finely striated longitudinally; the legs with scattered pale hairs; the base of the femora obscurely ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, finely punctured, and sprinkled with long pale hairs; the nodes of the peduncle rugose; the first, viewed laterally, wedge- shaped, and produced into an angular tooth or process at its base; the second subquadrate; both are sprinkled with long erect hairs,

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)