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 5. Pseudomyrma sericata . Pseudomyrma sericata, Smith , Trans, Ent. Soc. new ser. iii. 159. 5[[worker]]. Hab. Brazil. This species is readily distinguished, being black, and covered with a glittering silvery pile; the legs are dark rufo-testaceous, with the anterior tibiae, knees and tarsi pale testaceous; the tips of the antennae, the anterior margin of the face, and the mandibles, pale testaceous; its length is 3 1/2 lines.