Search Path - 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)     Petiole attachment  (Petiole narrowly attached)     Spiked petiole  (Petiole not spiked; mandibles not as above)     Tibial spur  (Ventral tip of hind tibia with single, large pectinate spur)

Identity - What this specimen is (based on the available information).
Family - Formicidae,  Subfamily - Ponerinae,  Genus - Hypoponera


Diagnostic - How to further narrow the specimen's identity.  Select the most appropriate option.
Feature to examine:  Petiole thickness

  Option 1

Petiole thick in profile (0.17 mm at thickest point), nearly twice width of front femur

  Option 2

Not as above?