Taxonomic history
See also Zettel & Laciny, 2015a PDF: 110.E. nigra, hispida; oculis extantibus; abdominis squama in utroque latere spina longa acuta horizontali; abdomine globoso.
Worker. Length 3 lines. Black; the head, thorax and abdomen, covered with short blunt spines, or pedestals, each having a long hair at its summit; the palpi pale testaceous; the antennae inserted under thin elevated curved plates on the anterior part of the face, the face with a rugose striation; the head smooth beneath, shining and concave; the eyes very prominent and globose. Thorax rugose; the legs slightly pubescent, the calcaria pale testaceous. (Fig. and details, Plate I.)
Hab. Singapore.
Echinopla melanarctos, Smith , Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 79. 1 [[worker]].
Worker. Length 2 1/2 - 3 lines. - Black: body hispid; the palpi pale testaceous; on each side of the face anteriorly is a thin raised plate, beneath which the antennae are inserted; the sides of the head longitudinally and coarsely rugose; the head above, the thorax and abdomen, covered with short blunt spines, each of the spines having a long stiff hair at its apex; the node of the abdomen transverse, terminating on each side in a long sharp spine; the abdomen globose, beneath, smooth and shining.
Hab. Singapore.
