Key to Afrotropical Tetramorium capense species group

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This worker key is modified from Bolton (1980)[1]

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  • Propodeal spines long, clearly longer than the distance between them. If not clearly so, then the spines are cylindrical . . . . . 2

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  • Dorsal alitrunk with very short stout strongly blunted hairs, contrasting strongly to the hairs on the first gastral tergite which are elongate, fine and acute, and 3-4 times longer than the alitrunk hairs ..... Tetramorium dominum
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  • Dorsal alitrunk with hairs subequal in length with those on the first gastral tergite, the hairs in both places similarly shaped . . . . . 3

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  • Petiole or postpetiole dorsum, or both, with strong rugulation or a rugoreticulum. Dorsum of petiole node as long as or longer than broad ..... Tetramorium amatongae
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  • Petiole and postpetiole dorsum predominantly reticulate-punctate, without rugulae or at most with only a few very feeble rugulae. If the latter then dorsum of petiole node is much broader than long . . . . . 4

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  • Hairs on dorsal alitrunk much longer than maximum diameter of eye. Dorsal alitrunk predominantly or entirely punctulate or reticulate-punctate, with little or no longitudinal rugulation. Head both absolutely and relatively broader, HW 0.82-0.96, CI 88-92..... Tetramorium capense
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  • Hairs on dorsal alitrunk much shorter than maximum diameter of eye (Fig. 140). Dorsal alitrunk with conspicuous strong longitudinal rugulae which dominate the sculpture. Head both absolutely and relatively narrower, HW 042-046, CI 83-84..... Tetramorium lobulicorne
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