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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 present; pygidium unarmed)     Shape of gaster  (Not as above)     Petiole attachment  (Petiole narrowly attached)     Spiked petiole  (Spiked petiole; long thin mandibles)

Identity - What this specimen is (based on the available  information).
Family - Formicidae,  Subfamily - Ponerinae,  Species - Odontomachus clarus Roger

Description: Long thin mandibles; spiked petiole; compound eye usually shorter than maximum width of a mandible (without teeth), rarely slightly longer

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Odontomachus clarus head O. clarus body O. clarus petiole