Key to Ponerinae genera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

This key to workers is based on: Heterick, B. E. 2009a. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 1.

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1

• Mandibles long and linear, inserted in central anterior margin of head (Figure 77) . . . . . 2

Figure 77.

• Mandibles triangular or elongate, curved, inserted at sides of head (Figures 78) . . . . . 3

Figure 78.

2

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• Top of head with V-shaped lines converging to form a groove on upper front of head (Figure 79) . . . . . Odontomachus (There is a single species present: Odontomachus ruficeps)

Figure 79.

• Top of head without V-shaped lines and with broad uninterrupted curved ridge; weak groove present or absent (Figure 80) . . . . . Anochetus (There is a single species present: Anochetus armstrongi)

Figure 80.

3

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• Mandibles elongate, curved (Figure 81) . . . . . 4

Figure 81.

• Mandibles triangular (Figure 82) . . . . . 5

Figure 82.

4

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• Pretarsal claws of hind leg equipped with one or more teeth on inner curvature (Figure 83), and usually pectinate . . . . . Leptogenys (in part - also #6)

Figure 83.

• Pretarsal claws of hind leg simple (Figure 84) . . . . . Myopias (There is a single species present: Myopias tasmaniensis)

Figure 84.

5

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• Tibia of hind leg with two distinctly pectinate spurs at or near its base (Figure 85a); clypeus broadly inserted between frontal lobes (Figure 85b) . . . . . Platythyrea

Figure 85a.

Figure 85b.

• Tibia of hind leg with a single pectinate spur at or near its base (Figure 86), a simple spur may also be present; clypeus narrowly inserted between frontal lobes as a slender triangle or linear, indented strip (Figure 87) . . . . . 6

Figure 86.

Figure 87.

6

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• Pretarsal claws of hind leg equipped with one or more teeth on the inner curvature and usually pectinate (Figure 83); clypeus produced anteriad as an acute V-shaped projection (Figure 88) . . . . . Leptogenys (in part - also #4)

Figure 83.

Figure 88.

• Pretarsal claws of hind leg simple (Figure 84); clypeus straight or broadly convex; not produced anteriad as an acute V-shaped projection (Figure 89) . . . . . 7

Figure 84.

Figure 89.

7

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• Tibia of hind leg with both a single large pectinate spur and a smaller simple spur (Figure 85a) . . . . . Austroponera / Brachyponera / Pseudoneoponera

Figure 85a.

• Tibia of hind leg with a single large pectinate spur (Figure 86) . . . . . 8

Figure 86.

8

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• PF2,2; anteroventral process of petiole simple, without thin, circular translucent area anteriad (Figure 90) . . . . . Hypoponera

Figure 90.

• PF1,2 or 1,1; anteroventral process of petiole with thin, circular translucent area anteriad (Figure 91) . . . . . Ponera (There is a single species present: Ponera sp. JDM 1122)

Figure 91.