Key to Podomyrma of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Heterick 2009.pdf|Heterick, B. E. 2009b. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 2 PDF]]

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 * First gastral tergite with paired white maculae . . . . . . Podomyrma adelaidae


 * First gastral tergite of uniform colour . . . . . 2

2
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 * Propodeum unarmed . . . . . 3


 * Propodeum armed with spines or teeth at its posterior angles . . . . . 6

3
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 * Mesosoma punctate, punctures well separated and deep; erect setae on body surfaces very sparse, lacking on gaster . . . . . . Podomyrma clarki


 * Mesosoma longitudinally striate or striatereticulate; erect setae abundant and well distributed on body surfaces, including gaster . . . . . 4

4
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 * Frons of head capsule with a few longitudinal striae, with large unsculptured space between them (Figure 673) . . . . . . Podomyrma macrophthalma(pt.)


 * Frons of head capsule with many close, parallel, longitudinal striae (e.g. Figure 674) . . . . . 5

5
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 * Humeri of promesonotum smoothly rounded (Figure 675); promesonotum longitudinally striate . . . . . . Podomyrma elongata


 * Humeri of promesonotum each armed with a small denticle (Figure 676); promesonotum striate-reticulate . . . . . . Podomyrma chasei

6
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 * Node with a dorsal transverse ridge only, spines or denticles lacking (Figure 677) . . . . . 7


 * Node armed with paired spines directed dorsally or laterally (Figure 678) . . . . . 8

7
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 * Top of vertex and dorsum of promesonotal sector areolate (Figure 679) . . . . . . Podomyrma christae(pt.)


 * Top of vertex and dorsum of promesonotal sector mainly smooth and shining with a few longitudinal striae (Figure 680) . . . . . . Podomyrma macrophthalma(pt.)

8
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 * First gastral tergite with many erect setae; promesonotum deeply foveate-striate; viewed from behind, paired denticles on node directed obliquely upward at angle of 45°> . . . . . 9


 * First gastral tergite with at most a pair of erect setae; promesonotal sculpture not as above; viewed from behind, paired denticles on node directed laterally at angle of <30° . . . . . 10

9
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 * Each side of dorsum of promesonotum (just posteriad of mesonotal suture) armed with a small, sharp tooth directed vertically (Figure 681) . . . . . . Podomyrma libra


 * Dorsum of promesonotum unarmed (Figure 682) . . . . . . Podomyrma christae(pt.)

10
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 * Head longitudinally striate (Figure 683); dorsum of promesonotum matt, dull . . . . . . Podomyrma ferruginea


 * Head with transverse striae interconnecting with longitudinal striae, forming a semireticulate pattern (Figure 684); dorsum of promesonotum almost smooth, shining Podomyrma sp. JDM 997