Key to Linepithema of Hispaniola

Additional information about the ants of the island can be found here: Ants of Hispaniola

Key to Workers

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• Eyes small, less than 40 ommatidia; body colored pale yellow to light brown, never medium brown to black . . . . . Linepithema flavescens

• Eyes larger with more than 40 ommatidia; body colored brown to dark brown . . . . . 2

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• In lateral view head vertex, dorsum of pronotum and dorsum of the first gastral tergite lacking any standing hairs . . . . . Linepithema dispertitum

• Most workers in lateral view with a few standing hairs on the vertex of the head, dorsum of the prontotum and the dorsum of the first gastral tergite. On some specimens the hairs are not present on one or a few of the stated areas of the body. Very variable across its range with population differences in color, pubescence and various structures, e.g., eye size and scape length . . . . . Linepithema keiteli