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Key to Afrotropical Odontomachus species
Key created from Brown 1976 [1] and Fisher & Smith[2] to cover the three reported species for the Afrotropical Region
1
- First gastric tergum with abundant and conspicuous appressed to decumbent pubescence; sides of petiolar node finely striate or reticulate. Pronotum horizontally striated .....2
- First gastric segment glassy smooth, without appreciable pubescence, but usually with a few coarse hairs; petiolar node prevailingly smooth and shining. Pronotum transverselly striated .....Odontomachus assiniensis
2
return to couplet .....1
- Metasternal process acute, forming paired, slender spines, often unequal in length. Petiole spine notably bent posteriorly at base . . . . . Odontomachus troglodytes
- Metasternal process low, rounded. Petiole spine slightly curved posteriorly, but not noticeably bent posteriorly at base of spine . . . . . Odontomachus simillimus
References
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- ↑ Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Studia Entomologica 19:67-171.
- ↑ Fisher, B. L.; Smith, M. A. 2008. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 3(5): (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001787):e1787.