Key to Temnothorax hispidus species group workers

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This worker key is based on: Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 36:265-444.

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  • Mesopropodeal suture deeply impressed; dorsum of head with coarse rugae; dorsum of first gastral tergum finely punctate or finely striate . . . . . Temnothorax hispidus
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  • Mesopropodeal suture not deeply impressed, outline of mesosoma in the same plane and broadly rounded; dorsum of head densely and finely punctate, with striae; first gastral tergite smooth and glossy . . . . . Temnothorax punctaticeps
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