Key to east Mediterranean Temnothorax muellerianus group

This worker key is based on: Salata, S. and Borowiec, L. 2015. Redescription of Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911) and description of its new social parasite Temnothorax curtisetosus sp. n. from Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys. 523:129-148 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6103).

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• Setae on mesosoma and gaster short, the total length of 10 setae combined on the first gastral tergite less than 741 μm; propodeal spines short; SPI<31.7 . . . . . Temnothorax curtisetosus

12 - T. curtisetosus 13 - T. muellerianus

• Setae on mesosoma and gaster long, the total length of 10 setae combined on the first gastral tergite more than 1100 μm; propodeal spines long; SPI>33.4 . . . . . Temnothorax muellerianus