Ponerinae of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

There are numerous Ponerinae genera in the SWBP for which there are relatively few representative species present. Keys or in some cases a couplet for these genera are given below. The contents of this page is based on: Heterick, B. E. 2009b. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. [[Media:Heterick 2009b.pdf|| PDF]] Part 2

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 * Australia
 * SWBP
 * Ponerinae
 * Key to Ponerinae genera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

1H

 * Body and legs concolorous yellowish to orange . . . . . Hypoponera congrua


 * Body a deep, rich brown contrasting with orange legs . . . . . Hypoponera eduardi

1L

 * Head broader than long; mandibles longer than head, linear and evenly curved; median lobe of clypeus tridentate, with smaller teeth and denticles on adjacent anterior margin of clypeus (Figure 81); pronotum and mesonotum foveolate . . . . . Leptogenys clarki


 * Head longer than broad; mandibles distinctly shorter than head, straighter and more triangular in form; median lobe of clypeus beak-like, without additional teeth or denticles, these also lacking from adjacent anterior portions of the clypeus (Figure 88); pronotum and mesonotum smooth and shining with scattered, small punctures only . . . . . 2L

2L
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 * Eyes moderate, length one quarter to one fifth length of side of head (Figure 494); (n.b. small, ventral, plate- like process on underside of gastral presclerite that articulates with the node (the helcium) present) . . . . . Leptogenys neutralis


 * Eyes larger, length almost one third of side of head (Figure 495); (n.b. small, ventral, platelike process on underside of the helcium absent in the few specimens seen) . . . . . Leptogenys darlingtoni

1P

 * Large species (HW ≥ 2 mm); heavily sculptured . . . . . 2P


 * Smaller species (HW ≈ 1 mm); at most weakly sculptured . . . . . 3P

2P
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 * Mandibles densely punctate, individual punctations separated by less than their own width (Figure 496); appressed setae on body surface white . . . . . Pseudoneoponera piliventris regularis


 * Mandibles sparsely punctate, punctations well separated by smooth surface (Figure 497); appressed setae on body surface yellow . . . . . Pseudoneoponera denticulata group sp. JDM 730

3P
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 * Mesonotal suture strongly defined, indented (Figure 498a); anterior clypeal margin straight (Figure 498b) . . . . . Brachyponera lutea


 * Mesonotal suture weakly defined, not indented (Figure 499a); anterior clypeal margin gently convex (Figure 499b) . . . . . Austroponera rufonigra