Key to Temnothorax longispinosus species group workers

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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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  • Larger species, total length over 3mm; bicolored (head and gaster dark, mesosoma lighter); New Mexico . . . . . Temnothorax josephi
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  • Smaller species, total length less than 3mm; rarely bicolored; widely distributed . . . . . Temnothorax rugatulus
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