Key to Amblyopone of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province
This worker key is based on: Heterick, B. E. 2009a. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 2.
Since the publication of this key one of the species included below has been transferred to the genus Onychomyrmex
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- Smaller species (HW < 1.5 mm) . . . . . Onychomyrmex glauerti
- Larger species (HW > 1.5 mm) . . . . . 2
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- Mandible long and linear, virtually edentate except for the tip, which bears five denticles . . . . . Amblyopone aberrans
- Mandible not as above, broader, and bearing one or more teeth along its inner margin . . . . . 3
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- Mesosoma and dorsum of head with fine, longitudinal striae and elongate punctures . . . . . Amblyopone clarki
- Mesosoma and dorsum of head shining and smooth, except for scattered punctuation . . . . . 4
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- Frons of head and mesosoma with distinct punctation; lower genae adjacent to mandibular insertions terminating in a spine; prominent middle tooth of mandible preceded by one or more smaller denticles (Figure 492) . . . . . Amblyopone australis
- Frons of head and mesosoma with vestigial punctation; lower genae adjacent to mandibular insertions not terminating in a spine; prominent middle tooth of mandible unaccompanied by smaller denticles (Figure 493) . . . . . Amblyopone michaelseni