Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
Author
Smith, F.
text
1858
British Museum
London
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Genus 5.
MYRMICARIA
.
Myrmicaria
, Saund. Trams. Ent. Soc. Land. iii. 57.
This genus of Ants is founded on characters derived from males only: in all probability the genus Physatta, the characters of which are derived from females, may prove to be the other sex of
Myrmicaria
; specimens of both genera have been received from India, Java, and Port Natal, but it appears desirable to keep them separate until further information is obtained; in the genus
Myrmicaria
, the antennae are 13-jointed, those of Physatta being 7-jointed; the labial and maxillary palpi 3-jointed.