Myrmecorhynchus

Shattuck, S. O., 2015, A review of the ant genus Myrmecorhynchus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 3955 (2), pp. 283-290 : 284

Key to Myrmecorhynchus species based on workers

1. Mesosomal dorsum and legs with abundant erect hairs................................................... emeryi

-. Mesosomal dorsum with at most a few scattered erect hairs, legs with appressed pubescence but lacking erect hairs....... 2

2. Extensive yellow on clypeus covering at least 1/3 of surface; mandibles completely yellow (except dark teeth); propodeum rel- atively low and flat, metapleural groove very shallow ( Fig. 6 )............................................. nitidus

-. At most a narrow band of yellow on anterolateral clypeal margin; mandibles bicoloured, yellow basally and dark apically; propodeum higher and more rounded, metapleural groove more strongly angled ( Fig. 3 )........................ carteri

Figures

FIGURE 3. Myrmecorhynchus carteri, minor worker, Moppy Lookout, Barrington Tops State Forest, New South Wales, T. A. Weir (ANIC 32 - 010761).

FIGURE 6. Myrmecorhynchus nitidus, minor worker, Xavier College, Kew, Victoria (ANIC 32 - 066442).