Ant key 32
Subfamily Ectatomminae
Genus Rhytidoponera
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Distinctive saddle-shaped constriction of the dorsal surface of the mesosoma in the region of the posterior mesonotum and anterior propodeum (Fig. a). Brown slightly metallic appearance. |
Rhytidoponera chalybaea |
| Saddle-shaped constriction of the dorsal surface of the mesosoma absent (Fig. b). Green metallic appearance. | R. metallica |
Fig. a: Dorsal surface of the mesosoma of R. chalybaea
Fig. b: Dorsal surface of the mesosoma of R. metallica
