Key to the genera of Greek Ponerinae

This key to workers is from Borowiec and Salata 2022.

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• Mandibles with more than 8 dents and denticles, the 1-3 apical dents often somewhat stronger and the following 8-13 dents small to minute. Mid and hind tibiae each with one pectinate spur . . . . . #2

• Mandibles with 6-7 strong dents of approximately equal size. Mid and hind tibiae each with two spurs, median spur large and pectinate, lateral spur much smaller and not pectinate . . . . . Cryptopone

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return to couplet #1

• Petiolar base in profile with two small, sharp dents or angles and anteriorly with a circular translucent “window” . . . . . Ponera

• Petiolar base in profile form a simple rounded lobe, without a translucent “window” . . . . . Hypoponera

References

• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text. Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum 1: 1-297.