Odontoponera denticulata (Smith, 1858)

Pham, Duy Long, Bao, Hoang Quoc, Nguyen, Dai Dac, Trong, Ly Van, Tra, Tran Thi Le, Phuc, Kieu Thanh, Thu, Nguyen Thi Minh & Chi, Nguyen Minh, 2024, Edible ants in Vietnam: Identification and indigenous knowledge, Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 208-220 : 212

Odontoponera denticulata (Smith, 1858)

HL: 2.223 –2.395 mm; HDW: 2.024 –2.138 mm; FW: 0.777 –0.803 mm ; SCL: 1.71–1.775 mm; EL: 0.227 –0.421 mm ; IPPL: 1.078 –1.567 mm ; PEL: 0.49–0.675 mm; PEH: 0.981 –1.055 mm ; PNW: 1.325 – 1.572 mm ; PEW: 0.547 –0.684 mm (n = 30, Fig. 3 ) .

Body blackish brown. Head in full-face view rectangular to subrectangular; lateral sides slightly convex; occipital margin concave. Mandible strong, triangular, with five teeth. Eye large and circular. Antenna 12 segments, filiform; scape slender and long; antennal scape slightly longer than occipital margin. Mesosona slightly convex. Mesosoma narrow. Anterior margin of pronotum convex. Posterodorsal corner of propodeum round. Petiole broader than long; Petiolar node in anterior view slightly concave apically, in lateral view narrowly triangular with straight anterior and posterior margins. Head and mesosoma relatively long and slender, with deep rugae; pronotum with deep and regular transverse rugae; lateral pronotal profile with curved rugae, mesonotum and propodeum weakly curved rugae. Clypeus with fine longitudinal striae. Gaster smooth. Rugae on petiole almost obliterated. Legs reddish brown.

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Figure 3. Odontoponera denticulata (Smith, 1858) in Nghe An province, Vietnam.