Vollenhovia oblonga laevithorax

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: India, Myanmar, Nicobar Island.

Nomenclature

 *  laevithorax. Vollenhovia laevithorax Emery, 1889b: 501 (w.) MYANMAR. Currently subspecies of oblonga: Emery, 1900d: 680; Forel, 1903d: 404; Emery, 1914f: 406.

Description
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description (Bingham, 1903), page 213 as Vollenhovia levithorax, but now a subspecies of Vollenhovia oblonga.

Worker

Dark brown, shining, the head anteriorly, the antennae, legs and abdomen lighter brown; pilosity yellowish, sparse; pubescence fairly abundant on the head, antennae and tarsi. Head square, longitudinally striate and opaque; mandibles, clypeus medially, and the scape of the antennae smooth and shining. Thorax, nodes of the pedicel and abdomen smooth, shining, with a very few scattered punctures, most plentiful on the nodes of the pedicel above. For the rest the characters of the genus.

Length - 3.75 - 4 mm.

Hab. Tenasserim (Fea), extending to the Malayan subregion.