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Key to Australian Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) species
The following key to Australian Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) species (based on the worker caste) is modified from Kohout (2012[1]).
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- Generally reddish-brown; propodeal spines mostly upturned; petiolar node relatively slim, narrowed dorsally; petiolar dorsum in lateral view forming a single continuous line with dorsoposteriorly elevated median spine => Polyrhachis delicata
- Generally black or very dark reddish brown; propodeal spines distinctly less elevated, oblique; petiolar node in lateral view distinctly thicker; petiolar dorsum virtually flat with leading edge of median spine more steeply elevated => Polyrhachis queenslandica
References
- ↑ Kohout, R.J. 2012. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrma Billberg, Myrmatopa Forel, Myrmothrinax Forel and Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(1): 25-59.