Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. Author Smith, F. text Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 1857 2 42 88 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2588/2588.pdf journal article 2588 D09C3FFA-7EB5-4A2D-A55E-A3229619A2A2 4. Trigona nitidiventris . T. nigra; alis subhyalinis, coxis et unguibus pallide ferrugineis; abdomine supra nitido, nigro, subtus pallide testaceo. Worker. Length 3 1/2 lines. Black: the extreme base of the scape ferruginous; the wings subhyaline and iridescent, slightly fuscous towards their base, the nervures testaceous; the margins of the thorax and the scutellum with ochraceous pubescence; the coxae and clawjoint of the tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen shining black, its extreme base, and beneath entirely, pale testaceous. Hab. Malacca (Mount Ophir).