Myrmicaria fodiens

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

Nomenclature

 *  fodiens. Myrmica fodicus Jerdon, 1851: 115 (w.q.) INDIA. [Justified emendation of spelling to fodiens: Jerdon, 1854a: 55.] Combination in Myrmicaria: Emery, 1892b: 166. Junior synonym of carinata: Emery, 1892b: 166. Junior synonym of brunnea: Forel, 1903a: 708; Bingham, 1903: 118; Emery, 1922e: 122. Subspecies of brunnea: Santschi, 1925c: 176; Karavaiev, 1935a: 84 (in key). Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 432; Dalla Torre, 1893: 155; Emery, 1893e: 219; Emery, 1900d: 691; Stitz, 1925: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 285. Senior synonym of crinita: Emery, 1893e: 219.
 * crinita. Physatta crinita Smith, F. 1858b: 171 (q.) INDIA. Junior synonym of fodica: Emery, 1893e: 219.

Description
Worker

Jerdon (1851): length 4-12th of an inch; head rounded, triangular striated; eyes large, posterior; jaws somewhat linear, four toothed; thorax raised in front, depressed posteriorly with two small spines on each side in front, and two tubercles above these, and two large nearly horizontal spines at the posterior extremity of thorax; first abdominal pedicle long, narrow, raised behind, second raised, rounded; abdomen somewhat triangular; head, thorax, legs and abdominal pedicles maroon colour, abdomen shining brown.

Queen

Jerdon (1851): Head rather smaller proportionally, finely striated; eyes larger, three ocelli; jaws blunt without teeth; antennae scarcely longer than the head; thoracic spines less developed; abdomen larger.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1893. Formicides de l'Archipel Malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 187-229.
 * Emery C. 1893. Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 239-258.
 * Emery C. 1901. Ameisen gesammelt in Ceylon von Dr. W. Horn 1899. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1901: 113-122.
 * Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
 * Emery, C. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.