Dolichoderinae of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

There are numerous Dolichoderinae 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: [[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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 * Dolichoderinae
 * Key to the Dolichoderinae genera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province
 * Key to Dolichoderus of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province
 * Key to Iridomyrmex of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

1An

 * In full-face view, head capsule about as long as wide, vertex shallowly concave (Figure 130); small setae constituting pubescence almost semi-erect; mesonotum not prominent (terrestrial) . . . . . Anonychomyrma itinerans perthensis


 * In full-face view, if head capsule as long as wide, then vertex deeply concave (Figures 131, 132); small setae constituting pubescence appressed or weakly decumbent; mesonotum often prominent (arboreal) . . . . . 2An

2An
return to couplet #1An
 * Erect setae absent from sides of head capsule; vertex deeply concave; head capsule as long as wide (Figure 131); mandibles usually brown or orange, contrasting with darker head . . . . . Anonychomyrma nitidiceps


 * Erect setae present on sides of head capsule; vertex shallowly concave; head capsule distinctly longer than wide; mandibles often black or dark brown, concolorous with head (Figure 132) . . . . . Anonychomyrma sp. JDM 835

Arnoldius
Arnoldius scissor (Crawley) was described from a queen, and so the taxon is not formally recognized in this key to workers.


 * Eye larger, eye width > greatest width of antennal scape; brown species . . . . . Arnoldius sp. JDM 433


 * Eye smaller, eye width ≤ greatest width of antennal scape; yellowish species . . . . . Arnoldius sp. JDM 170

Doleromyrma

 * Node prominent, rising well above the articulation of the peduncle with the propodeum (Figure 133a); in full-face view head usually not distinctly rectangular, without evenly convex sides above and below midpoint of head (Figure 133b) . . . . . Doleromyrma darwiniana fida


 * Node indistinct, Tapinoma-like, barely rising above the articulation of the peduncle with the propodeum (Figure 134a); in full-face view, head typically strongly rectangular, the sides of the head evenly convex above and below the midpoint (Figure 134b) . . . . . Doleromyrma rottnestensis

Froggattella

 * Viewed dorsally, propodeal spines thick, laterally convex, not distally digitate (Figure 145); in full-face view, head capsule noticeably longitudinally striate between and around frontal carinae, smooth and shining posteriad . . . . . Froggattella latispina


 * Viewed dorsally, propodeal spines tending to straight distally, digitate in appearance (Figure 146); in full-face view, head capsule uniformly weakly shining, with superficial micoreticulation evident in some lights . . . . . Froggattella kirbii

Ochetellus

 * Body chocolate to black, appendages dark brown . . . . . Ochetellus glaber group sp. JDM 19
 * Head, mesosoma, node and appendages orange or red; legs light brown to brown, gaster dark . . . . . Ochetellus sp. JDM 851

Papyrius

 * Vertex of head capsule, first gastral tergite and node with erect setae; large species (HW 1 mm.> . . . . . Papyrius sp. JDM 666


 * Vertex of head capsule, first gastral tergite and (usually) node lacking erect setae; smaller species (HW ≤ 1 mm) . . . . . Papyrius nitidus

1T

 * Foreparts dark brown, strongly contrasting with pale gaster and appendages . . . . . Tapinoma melanocephalum


 * Foreparts, gaster and appendages more-or-less concolorous . . . . . 2T

2T
return to couplet #1T
 * Eye large, eye length ≈ 1/3 length of headcccapsule (Figure 184) . . . . . Tapinoma sp. JDM 981


 * Eye smaller, eye length ≤ 1/4 length of head capsule (Figure 185) . . . . . Tapinoma sp. JDM 78