Key to Heteroponera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province
This worker key is based on: Heterick, B. E. 2009b. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 2.
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- Larger species (HW ≈ 2mm), petiolar node acuminate (highly localised in woodland around Dwellingup, south of Perth) (Figure 530) . . . . . Heteroponera sp. JDM 92
- Smaller species (HW ≈ 1 mm), petiolar node cuboidal or subcuboidal (Figures 531, 532) . . . . . 2
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- Eye moderate, about as wide as antennal scape at its widest point; petiolar node subcuboidal (Figure 531); body brownish, legs orange . . . . . Heteroponera imbellis
- Eye large, much wider than antennal scape at its widest point; petiolar node cuboidal (Figure 532); body and legs blackish . . . . . Heteroponera sp. JDM 732