Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace.
Author
Smith, F.
text
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology
1857
2
42
88
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journal article
2588
2.
Atta cingulata
.
A. ferruginea; pedibus abdomineque pallide ferrugineis; capite maximo, thorace triplo latiore.
Worker major. Length 1 3/4 line. Head very large, ferruginous, the antennae paler; eyes very small, placed at the sides of the head a little before the middle. Thorax: pale ferruginous, very convex or globose anteriorly, much narrower behind, with two short acute spines on the metathorax; legs pale rufo-testaceous. Abdomen: ovate, with the base truncated, with a fuscous ring in the middle; the nodes of the peduncle globose.
Worker minor. About 1 line in length. The head much smaller and more elongate; in colour, resembling the larger worker, and equally smooth and shining; the abdomen with a fuscous ring in the middle.
Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).