Search Path
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How you got here. Click on the path to backtrack.
Number of segments between alitrunk and gaster
(Only 1 segment (the petiole) is reduced or isolated between the alitrunk and gaster)
Acidipore
(Acidipore absent)
Sting
(Sting present; pygidium unarmed)
Shape of gaster
(Not as above)
Identity
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What this specimen is (based on the available information).
Family - Formicidae, Subfamily -
Ponerinae
Diagnostic
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How to further narrow the specimen's identity. Select the most appropriate option.
Feature to examine:
Petiole attachment
Option 1
Petiole
broadly attached
Long mandibles
Amblyopone pallipes body
(Creighton 1950)
Option 2
Petiole
narrowly attached
Hypoponera opacior body
(Creighton 1950)