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Key to Hypoponera of India
Key to Indian species of Hypoponera based on the worker caste (from Bharti, H., Akbar, S.A. et al., 2015).
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- Metanotal groove absent; in dorsal view the mesosoma surface is not clearly interrupted by a depressed transverse groove between mesonotum and propodeum => Hypoponera assmuthi
- Metanotal groove present; in dorsal view the mesosoma surface is sharply and conspicuously interrupted by a depressed transverse groove between mesonotum and propodeum => Hypoponera kashmirensis
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- Base of cinctus of second gastral tergite (Abd. IV) strongly cross-ribbed => 4
- Base of cinctus of second gastral tergite (Abd. IV) smooth, without cross-ribs => 5
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- Mesosomal profile discontinuous, interrupted at the deep metanotal groove; eyes well developed with 4-7 distinct facets, brown colored => Hypoponera schmidti
- Mesosomal profile continuous, metanotal groove very shallow; eyes reduced without any distinct facets, yellow colored => Hypoponera confinis
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- Petiole short, nodiform; mesonotalmesopleural suture absent => Hypoponera ragusai
- Petiole squamiform; mesonotal-mesopleural suture present => '6
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- In profile pro-mesonotum strongly convex, discontinuous at the deep metanotal groove; dorsum of propodeum oblique and lower than pro-mesonotum; emargination of vertex deep => Hypoponera shattucki
- In profile mesosoma nearly flat, continuous, metanotal groove very shallow; dorsum of propodeum nearly straight and level with promesonotum; emargination of vertex shallow => 7
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- Smaller species, HL 0.52-0.55, HW 0.41-0.43, HS 0.46-0.49; petiole node shorter in profile LPeI 27-31 => Hypoponera aitkenii
- Larger species, HL 0.55-0.59, HW 0.44-0.48, HS 0.50-0.53; petiole node longer in profile LPeI 34-40 => Hypoponera wroughtonii