Centromyrmex feae ceylonicus

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
A member of the feae species group / Key to Centromyrmex species groups

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Sri Lanka.

Nomenclature

 * . Centromyrmex feae var. ceylonicus Forel, 1900d: 303 (in text) (w.m.) SRI LANKA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
 * Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylan”): (no further data) (Yerbury).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * [Misspelled as ceylonensis by Forel, 1911i: 215.]
 * Forel, 1900d: 303 (m.).
 * Subspecies of feae: Forel, 1900d: 303; Bingham, 1903: 95; Emery, 1911d: 58; Forel, 1911i: 215; Forel, 1913e: 660; Forel, 1913k: 7; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 140; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 25; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 105.
 * Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Description
Worker

Bingham (1903): Dr. Forel has separated the Ceylon form as var. ceylonicus, "distinguished by its smaller size, by its mandibles almost without teeth on their masticatory margin, by its slightly shorter and thicker antennae, and by the node of the pedicel, which is much more transverse and squamiform, twice as broad as long (in C. feae it is only one and a half times as broad as long)."

Queen

Bingham (1903): "Reddish, moderately pubescent, Shining, Head and thorax rather strongly punctured. Abdomen smooth but for the minute piligerous tubercles or points."

Length: 4.5 - 5 mm

Male

Bingham (1903): With the characters of the genus. " Head and thorax somewhat shining, irregularly sculptured, abdomen smooth. Pilosity brownish, rather abundant. Black. Legs and antennae brown." (Forel.)

Length: 4.3 mm