. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. WILSON : ANTS OF MELANESIA III, IV 341 The description below is based on a worker syntype loaned by Dr. E. Bajari of the Hungarian National Museum. Syntype worker. IIW mm, IIL mm, SL mm, CI 76, SI 113, PW mm, dorsal petiole width mm, petiolar node length mm, petiolar node height mm. Right mandible with three apical teeth occupying approximately one fourth of the masticatory border; posterior to these is an irregu- lar series of teeth ranging in size from as large as the posterioi two
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. WILSON : ANTS OF MELANESIA III, IV 341 The description below is based on a worker syntype loaned by Dr. E. Bajari of the Hungarian National Museum. Syntype worker. IIW mm, IIL mm, SL mm, CI 76, SI 113, PW mm, dorsal petiole width mm, petiolar node length mm, petiolar node height mm. Right mandible with three apical teeth occupying approximately one fourth of the masticatory border; posterior to these is an irregu- lar series of teeth ranging in size from as large as the posterioi two teeth of the apical set to barely visible denticles. Eye small but distinct, containing a single ommatidium, located approxi- mately the distance from the lateral occipital border to the. Ponera tcnella Emery, syntype worker. Showing dorsal view of petiole and side view of entire body. Pilosity omitted. midpoint of the anterior genal border. Clypeus bearing an in- distinct median carina; its anterior border feebly and evenlj' convex when viewed in full face. Head when viewed in full face elongate and subrectangular, its sides moderately convex, its greatest wddth just anterior to the midline, its posterior border very feebly concave, almost straight. Alitrunk and petiole as .shown in the accompanying text-figure. Mandibles smooth and shining; clypeus shallowly punctate and feebly shining to suV)opaque; remainder of head finely and densely punctate, and completely opaque. Remainder of body feebly punctate to shagreened, and feebly shining to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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