Search Path
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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 absent; pygidium unarmed)
Propodeum
(Propodeum without spine)
Identity
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What this specimen is (based on the available information).
Family - Formicidae, Subfamily - Dolichoderinae, Genus -
Forelius
Diagnostic
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Feature to examine:
Hairy scape
Option 1
Erect hairs on antennal
scape
and superior part of head and tibia numerous
Option 2
Erect hairs on antennal
scape
and superior part of head and tibia absent to few
Forelius pruinosus
(Smith 1965)