Key to Dorymyrmex of SE United States queens

This queen key is based on: [[Media:Trager 1988a.pdf| Trager, J. C. 1988a. A revision of Conomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southeastern United States, especially Florida, with keys to the species. Florida Entomologist. 71:11-29. PDF]]

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 * Dorymyrmex
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 * United States

1

 * Occipital border convex . . . . . 2


 * Occipital border concave . . . . . 5

2
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 * Head and thorax yellowish and most of gaster notably darker, or body uniform yellowish . . . . . 3


 * Body uniform dark brown . . . . . Dorymyrmex grandulus

3
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 * Larger species, HTL>3.50 mm . . . . . 4


 * Smaller species, HTL<3.25 mm . . . . . Dorymyrmex bossutus

4
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 * Robust species, head as wide as long or a little broader; gaster notably darker than head and thorax . . . . . Dorymyrmex bureni


 * Slender species, head notably longer than broad; gaster at most only faintly browner than head and thorax . . . . . Dorymyrmex elegans

5
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 * Larger species. HTL>3.25 mm . . . . . Dorymyrmex medeis (=Dorymyrmex smithi


 * Microgynous species, HTL 2.75-2.95 . . . . . Dorymyrmex reginicula