Key to Australian Eurhopalothrix Species

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The following key to Australian Eurhopalothrix is based on Taylor (1968^[1], 1980^[2], 1990^[3]).

Smaller species, head width less than 0.75mm => Eurhopalothrix australis

Larger species, head width greater than 0.93mm => Eurhopalothrix procera

References

↑ Taylor, R.W. (1968) Notes on the Indo-Australian basicerotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 16, 333–348
↑ Taylor, R.W. (1980) Australian and Melanesian ants of the genus Eurhopalothrix Brown and Kempf - Notes and new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 19, 229–239
↑ Taylor, R. W. (1990) New Asian ants of the tribe Basicerotini, with an on-line computer interactive key to the twenty-six known Indo-Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 4, 397–425

[Ref1-1] Taylor, R.W. (1968) Notes on the Indo-Australian basicerotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 16, 333–348

[Ref2-2] Taylor, R.W. (1980) Australian and Melanesian ants of the genus Eurhopalothrix Brown and Kempf - Notes and new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 19, 229–239

[Ref3-3] Taylor, R. W. (1990) New Asian ants of the tribe Basicerotini, with an on-line computer interactive key to the twenty-six known Indo-Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 4, 397–425

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