Centromyrmex gigas Forel
Type location Brazil (Forel, 1911c: 287, worker; Borgmeier,
1937b: 223, queen; see Kempf, 1967b: 407).
Description (after Kempf, 1976b) -
WORKER - TL ca 12 mm; HW > HL; mandibles distinctly dentate in
basal half, obtuse angle between basal border and masticatory border;
clypeus without a median tumulus; posterior end of frontal sulcus
(notch) often with a rudimentary ocellus; metanotal groove may be
faintly marked; reddish-brown, darker than brachycola;
propodeum less strongly constricted or depressed than brachycola;
hind tibiae with spine-like setae, petiole as in drawing, with long
subpetiolar process. |