Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . te apically, about twice as longas their width at base and extending upward andslightly forward. Petiolar node squainiform, emar-ginate at middle of upper border; from above threetimes as broad as long. Postpetiole a little broaderthan petiole, broadest in front and narrowly roundedat sides, gaster elongate oval. Shining. Mandibles sparsely punctate. Middle ofclypeus and frontal area smooth. Sides of clypeus,cheeks, and front longitudinally striate and finelyrugulose between the striae; vertex and occiputrugulose, with indistin
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . te apically, about twice as longas their width at base and extending upward andslightly forward. Petiolar node squainiform, emar-ginate at middle of upper border; from above threetimes as broad as long. Postpetiole a little broaderthan petiole, broadest in front and narrowly roundedat sides, gaster elongate oval. Shining. Mandibles sparsely punctate. Middle ofclypeus and frontal area smooth. Sides of clypeus,cheeks, and front longitudinally striate and finelyrugulose between the striae; vertex and occiputrugulose, with indistinct striae. Promesonotumrugulose, pleurae, epinotum, and peduncle of petiolecribrately punctate. Petiolar node finely and base of first gastric segment rugoselypunctate, remainder of first gastric segment with regular punctures. Recumbent silky pubescence moderately abundant on head and body andsparse, coarser, erect pile on front of head, petiole, postpetiole, and apical por-tion of gaster. Fuscoferruginous; mandibles and appendages Fig. 25.— Oligomyrmexviehmeyeri Mann. Sol-dier. Front view of head. Worker. Length .75-1 mm. Head a little longer than broad, with convex sides and nearly straightoccipital border. Mandibles with five rather large triangular teeth. Anten-nal scapes extending three fourths the distance to occipital corners; middlefunicular joints transverse; club as long as remainder of funiculus, terminaljoint three times as long as penultimate. Eyes small, situated at sides ofhead well in front of middle. Promesonotum subglobose, as long as flattened at base, the spines slender, acute, a little less than half aslong as their distance apart at base. Petiolar node higher than long, twice asbroad as long and rounded above. Postpetiole as broad as petiole, transverselyoval. Gaster short and broad. Legs long. Shining. Cheeks striate. Epinotum cribrately punctate, the rest veryfinely punctate. Fine short, recumbent pilosity
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