Key to the Lioponera of New Caledonia

This worker key is based on: Ramage, T., Jouault, C., Schmidt, A.R., Seyfullah, L.J. & Perrichot, V. 2019. Two new ant species (Formicidae: Dorylinae, Ponerinae) from New Caledonia. European Journal of Taxonomy 589: 1–14 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.589), as modified from Wilson, 1957.

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• Lioponera
• New Caledonia

1

• Large species (HW > 1.1 mm), with long scapes reaching nearly to posterior corners of head; mesosomal dorsolateral margins absent . . . . . Lioponera dumbletoni

• Small species (HW < 1.1 mm), scapes barely surpassing eyes; mesosomal dorsolateral margins present (Fig. 4A, D) . . . . . 2

Ramage et al. 2019. Figure 4D. Lioponera neocaledonica, mesosoma.

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• Mesosomal posterodorsal margin present; posterolateral corners of petiole projected into spines (Fig. 5A) . . . . . Lioponera cohici

Ramage et al. 2019. Figure 5.

• Mesosomal posterodorsal margin absent (Fig. 4D); posterolateral corners of petiole not projected into spines (Fig. 5B) . . . . . Lioponera neocaledonica