Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. Author Smith, F. text 1858 British Museum London http://antbase.org/ants/publications/8127/8127.pdf book 8127 C86CFDBF-61D9-48EE-9C2E-325FC0462B10 4. Pachycondyla rufipes . B.M. Ponera rufipes, Jerdon , Madras Journ. Lit. & Sci. (1851) p. 119? Worker. Length 5-6 lines.-Black: the antennae, mandibles and legs ferruginous; head oblong, granulated and interspersed with shallow punctures; the face with a central impressed line, which extends from the anterior margin half-way towards the vertex. Thorax sculptured the same as the head, rounded in front, concavely truncate behind, and slightly narrowed posteriorly. Abdomen: the node punctured, its posterior margin serrated, and having a tooth beneath; the first and second segments longitudinally grooved, and the apical segments rufo-testaceous. Hab. Malabar; Northern India; Hong Kong.