Ponerinae: key to genera, couplet 3

Ponerinae: key to genera couplet 3
Key: modified from Wheeler & Wheeler (1986), Hölldobler & Wilson (1990), Bolton (1994)

Taxa remaining

Hypoponera*
Ponera

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Figure 108. Ponerinae: Ponera pennsylvanica

3.Subpetiolar process in profile a simple lobe, without an acute posteroventral angle and lacking an anterior thin translucent spot.
(collected in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas) ...Hypoponera*

Subpetiolar process in profile with an acute angle posteroventrally and with a translucent thin spot anteriorly (Fig. 108).
(collected in all Midwestern states) ...Ponera.

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3.Subpetiolar process in profile a simple lobe, without an acute posteroventral angle and lacking an anterior thin translucent spot. (collected in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas)	...Hypoponera*
Subpetiolar process in profile with an acute angle posteroventrally and with a translucent thin spot anteriorly (Fig. 108). (collected in all Midwestern states)	...Ponera.