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 142. Formica vinosa . Worker. Length 4 lines.-Head and thorax red, claret-coloured, the legs and abdomen of a more obscure tint. Head much wider than the thorax, the prothorax rounded at the sides, the meso- and metathorax much narrower; legs elongate and slender; the node of the peduncle incrassate, rounded, thick and blunt above. Hab. Brazil. (Coll. D. Swainson, Esq.)