Key to Temnothorax hispidus species group workers

This worker key is based on: Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 36:265-444.

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• Hairs on scape completely decumbent; Baja California . . . . . Temnothorax peninsularis

• Hairs on scapes suberect; southern United States and eastern Mexico . . . . . 2

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• Mesopropodeal suture deeply impressed; dorsum of head with coarse rugae; dorsum of first gastral tergum finely punctate or finely striate . . . . . Temnothorax hispidus

• Mesopropodeal suture not deeply impressed, outline of mesosoma in the same plane and broadly rounded; dorsum of head densely and finely punctate, with striae; first gastral tergite smooth and glossy . . . . . Temnothorax punctaticeps