Ponerinae: key to genera, couplet 2

Ponerinae: key to genera couplet 2
Key: modified from Wheeler & Wheeler (1986), Hölldobler & Wilson (1990), Bolton (1994)

Taxa remaining

Hypoponera*
Ponera
Proceratium*

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Figure 107. Ponerinae: Ponera pennsylvanicus

2.With head in full-face view, horizontal frontal lobes absent, frontal lobes vertical, elevated, and striplike; antennal sockets exposed; promesonotal suture absent.
(collected in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan). ...Proceratium*

With head in full-face view, horizontal lobes present; frontal lobes cover and conceal the antennal sockets (Fig. 107); promesonotal suture present and distinct. ...3.

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2.With head in full-face view, horizontal frontal lobes absent, frontal lobes vertical, elevated, and striplike; antennal sockets exposed; promesonotal suture absent. (collected in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan).	...Proceratium*
With head in full-face view, horizontal lobes present; frontal lobes cover and conceal the antennal sockets (Fig. 107); promesonotal suture present and distinct.	...3.