Key to Odontomachus males of Sumatra

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This key to males is based on: Satria, R., Kurushima, H., Herwina, H., Yamane, S. and Eguchi, K. 2015. The trap-jaw ant genus Odontomachus Latreille from Sumatra, with a new species description. Zootaxa. 4048:1-36.

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Odontomachus

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  • Palp formula 6, 3; propodeum in lateral view with dorsal outline angulate (arrow in Fig. 4D); body almost entirely blackish brown, and frons, clypeus, antenna and mandible yellowish brown to yellow (Fig. 4) . . . . . Odontomachus simillimus
Satria et al. 2015. Figure Odontomachus simillimus
  • Palp formula 6, 4; propodeum in lateral view with dorsal outline roundly convex (arrow in Fig. 7D); body yellow, blackish yellow, or yellowish brown . . . . . 2
Satria et al. 2015. Figure 7.

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  • Subpetiolar process in lateral view triangular (Fig. 10E); gaster much darker than head and mesosoma (Fig. 10). . . . . . Odontomachus procerus
Satria et al. 2015. Odontomachus procerus
  • Subpetiolar process in lateral view lobate (Fig. 7E); whole body more-or-less unicolor . . . . . 3

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  • Apex of petiolar node in lateral view evently rounded (Fig. 7E); posterior spine of 8th abdominal tergum short and thick, very weakly curved (Figs. 7G) . . . . . Odontomachus latidens
Satria et al. 2015. Figure 7. Odontomachus latidens
  • Apex of petiolar node in lateral view bluntly pointed (Figs. 13E, 16E); posterior spine of 8th abdominal tergum in lateral view long and slender, weakly or very weakly curved (Figs. 13G, 16G) . . . . . 4
Satria et al. 2015. Figure 13.
Satria et al. 2015. Figure 16.

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  • Body small (HL 1.04–1.14 mm; WL 2.63–2.93 mm); first gastral tergum in lateral view as long as high; whole body yellowish brown to brown, unicolor . . . . . Odontomachus rixosus
Satria et al. 2015. Odontomachus rixosus
  • Body large (HL 1.21–1.24 mm; WL 3.28–3.40 mm); first gastral tergum in lateral view longer than high; body basically pale yellow, but with blackish area in head and mesosoma . . . . . Odontomachus minangkabau
Satria et al. 2015. Odontomachus minangkabau