Key to Dorymyrmex of SE United States queens

This queen key is based on: Trager, J.C. 1988. A revision of Conomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southeastern United States, especially Florida, with keys to the species. Florida Entomologist 71: 11-29.

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Figures 15-20. Frontal view of head, juxtaposed with dorsal view of promesothorax and occiptal border of head, of queen Dorymyrmex: 15 and 16) D. medeis, 17 & 18) D. reginicula, 19 and 20) D. bureni.

Occipital border convex . . . . . 2

Occipital border concave . . . . . 5

2

return to couplet #1

Head and thorax yellowish and most of gaster notably darker, or body uniform yellowish . . . . . 3

Body uniform dark brown . . . . . Dorymyrmex grandulus

3

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Larger species, HTL>3.50 mm . . . . . 4

Smaller species, HTL<3.25 mm . . . . . Dorymyrmex bossutus

4

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Robust species, head as wide as long or a little broader; gaster notably darker than head and thorax . . . . . Dorymyrmex bureni

Slender species, head notably longer than broad; gaster at most only faintly browner than head and thorax . . . . . Dorymyrmex elegans

5

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Larger species. HTL>3.25 mm . . . . . Dorymyrmex medeis (=Dorymyrmex smithi)

Microgynous species, HTL 2.75-2.95 . . . . . Dorymyrmex reginicula