Key to Lasiomyrma

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This worker key is based on: Terayama, M. and Yamane, S. 2000. Lasiomyrma, a new stenammine ant genus from southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Sci. 3: 523-527.

This key does not include a species described after this key was published nor an undescribed species known from Vietnam. You may also be interested in

Lasiomyrma

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  • Propodeal dorsum convex in profile; anterior declivity of petiolar node steep, and in profile posterior margin of petiolar peduncle connected to the anterior slope of node at an obtuse angle . . . . . Lasiomyrma gedensis
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  • Propodeal dorsum straight in profile; anterior face of petiolar node sloping down to peduncle, without forming an angle ........................... 2

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  • Petiolar node thin, narrowed above in profile; propodeal lobe weakly produced posteriorly . . . . . Lasiomyrma gracilinoda
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  • Petiolar node thick, reversed U-shaped in profile; propodeal lobe strongly produced posteriorly . . . . . Lasiomyrma maryatiae
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