Key to Oxyopomyrmex workers

This worker key is based on: Salata, S. and Borowiec, L. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the genus Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 4025(1):1-66. PDF

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• Western Mediterranean region and Canary Islands . . . . . 2

• Eastern Mediterranean region and the Near East . . . . . 8

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• Longitudinal striae on the head limited to the frons and sometimes reaching the anterior margin of head . . . . . 3

• Longitudinal striae covering entire face . . . . . 5

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• Lateral surfaces of thorax distinctly punctate, sometimes with light longitudinal striae, dorsal surface of pronotum distinctly punctate and with transverse striae; Tunisia, Algeria . . . . . Oxyopomyrmex emeryi

• Lateral surfaces of thorax rugulose to smooth with longitudinal striae, dorsal surface of pronotum never punctate and with transverse striae . . . . . 4