Formicinae of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

There are numerous Formicinae 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. 2009a. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. [[Media:Heterick 2009.pdf|| PDF]] Part 1

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 * Key to Formicinae genera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

1A

 * Larger species (HW > 0.6 mm); bright yellow, mesonotum strongly convex, prominent . . . . . Acropyga myops


 * Smaller species (HW < 0.6 mm); pale, depigmented; mesonotum only weakly convex . . . . . Acropyga pallida

1C

 * Pubescence on gaster thick, bright yellow . . . . . Calomyrmex glauerti


 * Pubescence on gaster sparse, white . . . . . Calomyrmex ANIC sp. 1

1P

 * Eye small (eye width ≈ greatest width of antennal scape); yellowish brown species . . . . . Plagiolepis sp. JDM 189


 * Eye larger (eye width ≥ 2x greatest width of antennal scape); usually brown to black species . . . . . 2

2P

 * Cuticle smooth and shining . . . . . Plagiolepis lucidula


 * Cuticle finely sculptured, dull . . . . . Plagiolepis squamulosa