1974] Wheeler & Wheeler — Teratomyrmex 41 
Ti, more numerous on abdomen; (3) 0.09-0.15 mm long, 2- or 3- 
branched, with long slender tips, on all somites. Cranium suboctag- 
onal; broader than long. Antennae small, each a slight elevation 
with 3 sensilla, each of which bears a small spinule. Head hairs 
moderately numerous, rather long (0.05-0.09 mm) and rather stout, 
unbranched and with numerous fine denticles throughout length. 
Mouth parts large. Labrum bilobed; each lobe with 2 hairs about 
0.05 mm long with small denticles and with 5 sensilla on and near 
the ventral border; posterior surface spinulose, the spinules in short 
to long rows, the rows radiating from each dorsolateral angle, and 
with 5 sensilla on each half near the midline. Mandibles camponotoid 
(i.e., subtriangular ; base broad, width 2/3 length; apex forming a 
round-pointed tooth; one small subapical tooth); anterior and pos- 
terior surfaces with numerous short longitudinal rows of minute 
spinules. Maxillae with the apex paraboloidal ; palp a paxilla with 
5 (3 apical and bearing a spinule each, 1 subapical and encapsulated, 
1 lateral and bearing a spinule) sensilla; galea digitiform, with 2 
apical sensilla. Labium subrectangular in anterior view; anterior 
surface with minute spinules in short rows; palp a short peg with 5 
(3 apical and bearing a spinule each and 2 lateral — 1 encapsulated 
and 1 bearing a spinule) sensilla; opening of sericteries wide and 
salient, with 2 ventral projections. Hypopharynx densely spinulose, 
the spinules minute and arranged in numerous subparallel rows; the 
rows grouped in 2 subtriangles which have their bases near the 
middle. 
Material studied: 14 larvae from Queensland: Cedar Creek Falls, 
Tamborine Mts., Ross & Cavagnaro, 1962; courtesy of Dr. W. L. 
Brown. 
Literature Cited 
McAreavey, J. J. 
1957. [Teratomyrmex gen. nov.] Mem. Nat. Mus. Viet. No. 21, p. 54-56. 
Wheeler, G. C., and Jeanette Wheeler. 
1974. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Mem. Entom. Soc. Washing- 
ton [in press]. 
