Key to Oxyopomyrmex queens

This key to queens is based on: [[Media:Salata borowiec 2015 zootaxa.pdf|Salata, S. and Borowiec, L. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the genus Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 4025(1):1-66. PDF]]

Gynes are not known for O. emeryi, O. krueperi, O. magnus, O. nigripes, O. oculatus and O. saulcyi.

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1

 * Head wider than long, dorsal and lateral surfaces of propodeum with striae, smooth between striae . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex magnus


 * Head longer than wide, dorsal and lateral surfaces of propodeum punctate to rugulose with longitudinal striae . . . . . 2

2
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 * Gena with longitudinal striae, without distinct rugosity . . . . . 3


 * Gena rugulose with or without longitudinal striae . . . . . 5

3
return to couplet #2
 * Lateral surface of thorax punctate with longitudinal striae . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex emeryi


 * Lateral surfaces of thorax only with longitudinal striae, never punctate . . . . . 4

4
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 * Body black with reddish brown mandibles, antennae and partly legs; Eastern Mediterranean region . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex krueperi


 * Body brown to dark brown; with paler mandible, antennae and legs; Western Mediterranean region . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi

5
return to couplet #2
 * Gena rugulose, longitudinal striae only on the posterior edge of gena; petiole and postpetiole punctate . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex oculatus


 * Gena with longitudinal striae on the entire surface, rugulose between striae; petiole and postpetiole punctate to rugulose with longitudinal striae . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex nigripes