Key to Myrmoteras of India

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Bharti, H., Akbar, S. A. 2014. Taxonomic studies on the genus Myrmoteras Forel, with description of two new species from India.pdf|Bharti, H., Akbar and S.A. Akbar. 2014. Taxonomic studies on the genus Myrmoteras Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of two new species from India. J. Entomol. Res. Soc., 16:71-80.]]

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 * Myrmoteras
 * India

1

 * Middle of labrum with a pair of long triggered hairs; surface of labrum visible in full face view conspicuously projecting, more or less triangular; frontal sulcus very feeble or absent (Subgenus Myrmoteras) . . . . . 2


 * Middle of labrum without triggered hairs; surface of labrum visible in full face view rounded or truncated, not strongly projecting; frontal sulcus on head usually prominent (Subgenus Myagroteras) . . . . . 3

2
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 * Head dorsum smooth . . . . . Myrmoteras brachygnathum


 * Head dorsum strongly granulo-rugose . . . . . Myrmoteras scabrum

3
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 * Mandible with 12 teeth with single apical denticle (mandibular tooth count including the preapical and apical denticles); palpi segmentation (4)3,3; in full frontal view, head and occiput smooth and shiny. . . . . Myrmoteras indicum


 * Mandible with 14 teeth with two apical denticles (mandibular tooth count including the preapical and apical denticles); palpi segmentation 5,4; in full frontal view, head with occiput smooth and shiny with the exception of three to four rugae that originate from posterior to middle of the torulus . . . . . 4

4
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 * Body uniformly light brown, coxae and femora pale yellow; sculpture on mesosoma not distinct; mesonotum with few longitudinal rugae; propodeum with few transverse striations, highly convex with summit virtually higher than mesothorax; rest of mesosoma smooth and shiny . . . . . Myrmoteras agostii


 * Body dark reddish; coxae and femora dark brown; sculpture on mesosoma prominent; pronotum smooth; propodeum feebly convex with summit virtually at the level of mesothorax; rest of mesosoma granulo-rugose . . . . . Myrmoteras moffetti