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 Genus 4. POLYERGUS . Pl. IV. figs. 1-9. Formica , pt., Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. p. 186 (1802). Polyergus , Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. et Crust. xiii. 256 (1805). The maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the labial palpi 2-jointed. Mandibles slender and curved, acute at the apex, not dentate within.