Key to Indo-Australian Simopone Species

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online

A worker key based on: *Radchenko, A. G. 1993c. New ants of the subfamily Cerapachyinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Vietnam. Zh. Ukr. Entomol. Tov. 1:43-47 PDF

Simopone / Simopone species groups

1

2

return to couplet #1

  • Eyes very large (ED 0.68 mm, OI 69) and widely separated (IOI 0.71); anterior clypeal border not biconcave, without tooth. Smaller species Simopone oculata
Simopone oculata casent0139634 h 1 high.jpg
Simopone oculata casent0139634 p 1 high.jpg
  • Eyes smaller (ED 0.32 mm, OI 449) and widely separated (IOI 1.0); anterior clypeal border biconcave, with a tooth. Larger species Simopone bakeri
Simopone bakeri casent0173045 head 1.jpg
Simopone bakeri casent0173045 profile 1.jpg

3

return to couplet #1

  • Postpetiole longer than broad (IPPT 1.05), eyes less widely separated (IOI 1.14). Smaller species Simopone chapmani
Simopone chapmani casent0173044 head 1.jpg
Simopone chapmani casent0173044 profile 1.jpg
  • Postpetiole broader than long (IPPT 0.93), eyes widely separated (IOI 1.53). Larger species Simopone gressitti
Simopone gressitti casent0249114 h 1 high.jpg
Simopone gressitti casent0249114 p 1 high.jpg