aciculate

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Abdomen aciculate as in the worker, but much more deeply strangulated between the first and second segments; the petiole rugose and clavate.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Black, smooth, and shining, very delicately and indistinctly aciculate; the antennæ beneath and the tibiæ and femora obscurely ferruginous, the anterior and intermediate tibiæ brightest; the apex of the mandibles ferruginous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various