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  Number of segments between alitrunk and gaster  (2 segments (petiole and postpetiole) are reduced or isolated between the alitrunk and the gaster)     Eye size  (Eye composed of more than one lens)     Spines on alitrunk  (Alitrunk with spines)     Psammophore  (Ventral side of head and mandibles without basket-like series of hairs)     Postpetiole attachment  (Postpetiole attached to front surface of first gastral segment; petiole with a node and not dorsoventrally flattened)     Tubercles  (Dorsal surface of body not covered with tubercles)     Number of spines on alitrunk  (1-2 pairs of spines on alitrunk)     Antennal club  (Antenna with 3-segmented club)     Head size  (Large, broad-headed major workers contrast with much smaller minor workers with proportionately much narrower heads)

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


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

  Option 1

Head cylindrical in cross-section, obliquely truncate in front

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Pheidole lamia head
(major worker)
P. lamia body
(major worker)

  Option 2

Head not cylindrical

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Pheidole hyatti head
(major worker; click image for body)
P. tepicana head
(major worker; click image for body)
P. bicarinata head
(major worker; click image for body)