| Keys to
Proceratiinae in the southeastern United States
(based on Workers) (from Bolton 1994) Back to Subfamily Keys |
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| 1 Mandible without teeth (edentate) and overhung by clypeus; the apical segment of funiculus strongly bulbous (figure1) ...Discothryea testacea Roger | 1' Mandible has 3 or more teeth and is not overhung by the clypeus; the apical segment of the funiculus is not strongly bulbous (figure 2) ...Proceratium |
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Figure 1.
Full face view of Discothryea testacea Roger
showing bulbous apical funicular segment and clypeus overhanging mandibles.
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Figure 2.
Full face view of Proceratium sp. showing antenna not being bulbous,
mandibles not overhung by clypeus, and mandibles with teeth. |
