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The holotype worker is approximately 7.5 mm (0.30 in) with a slender mesosoma, weakly rounded pronotum and a thick petiole node. The side of the node facing the gaster is bowed outwards forming a curved profile and the top of the node is rounded. The head has oval compound eyes that are
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