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Ant key 31

Claws on hind legs with a tooth at about the middle of their inner surface. Coarse sculpturing on head and mesosoma (Fig. a). Brown or green with metallic sheen. 32
Claws on hind legs without teeth. Without coarse sculpturing on head and mesosoma (Fig. b). Brown without a metellic sheen. Heteroponera brouni
Fig. a [Rhytidoponera chalybaea] profile. Image: Zach Lieberman (Specimen: CASENT0907154). www.antweb.org Image
Fig. a Rhytidoponera chalybaea profile. Image: Zach Lieberman (Specimen: CASENT0907154). www.antweb.org
Fig. b [Heteroponera brounii] profile. Image: April Nobile (Specimen: CASENT0172107). www.antweb.org Image
Fig. b Heteroponera brounii profile. Image: April Nobile (Specimen: CASENT0172107). www.antweb.org