Key to Ponerinae genera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

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

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 * Australia
 * SWBP
 * Ponerinae

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 * Mandibles long and linear, inserted in central anterior margin of head (Figure 77) . . . . . 2


 * Mandibles triangular or elongate, curved, inserted at sides of head (Figures 78) . . . . . 3

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 * Top of head with V-shaped lines converging to form a groove on upper front of head (Figure 79) . . . . . Odontomachus (There is a single species present: Odontomachus ruficeps)


 * Top of head without V-shaped lines and with broad uninterrupted curved ridge; weak groove present or absent (Figure 80) . . . . . Anochetus (There is a single species present: Anochetus armstrongi)

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 * Mandibles elongate, curved (Figure 81) . . . . . 4


 * Mandibles triangular (Figure 82) . . . . . 5

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 * Pretarsal claws of hind leg equipped with one or more teeth on inner curvature (Figure 83), and usually pectinate . . . . . Leptogenys (in part - also )


 * Pretarsal claws of hind leg simple (Figure 84) . . . . . Myopias (There is a single species present: Myopias tasmaniensis)

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 * Tibia of hind leg with two distinctly pectinate spurs at or near its base (Figure 85a); clypeus broadly inserted between frontal lobes (Figure 85b) . . . . . Platythyrea


 * Tibia of hind leg with a single pectinate spur at or near its base (Figure 86), a simple spur may also be present; clypeus narrowly inserted between frontal lobes as a slender triangle or linear, indented strip (Figure 87) . . . . . 6

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 * Pretarsal claws of hind leg equipped with one or more teeth on the inner curvature and usually pectinate (Figure 83); clypeus produced anteriad as an acute V-shaped projection (Figure 88) . . . . . Leptogenys (in part - also )


 * Pretarsal claws of hind leg simple (Figure 84); clypeus straight or broadly convex; not produced anteriad as an acute V-shaped projection (Figure 89) . . . . . 7

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 * Tibia of hind leg with both a single large pectinate spur and a smaller simple spur (Figure 85a) . . . . . Austroponera / Brachyponera / Pseudoneoponera


 * Tibia of hind leg with a single large pectinate spur (Figure 86) . . . . . 8

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 * PF2,2; anteroventral process of petiole simple, without thin, circular translucent area anteriad (Figure 90) . . . . . Hypoponera


 * PF1,2 or 1,1; anteroventral process of petiole with thin, circular translucent area anteriad (Figure 91) . . . . . Ponera (There is a single species present: Ponera sp. JDM 1122)