Myrmoteras, Bharti & Akbar, 2014

Bharti, Himender & Akbar, Shahid Ali, 2014, Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Myrmoteras Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Description of Two New Species from India, J. Entomol. Res. Soc. 16 (2), pp. 71-80 : 79

Key to Indian species of Myrmoteras based on worker caste modified after Moffett (1985)

1. Middle of labrum with a pair of long triggered hairs; surface of labrum visible in full face view conspicuously projecting, more or less triangular; frontal sulcus very feeble or absent (Subgenus Myrmoteras )……………………………..………...……….…..…2

- Middle of labrum without triggered hairs; surface of labrum visible in full face view rounded or truncated, not strongly projecting; frontal sulcus on head usually prominent (Subgenus Myagroteras)…...………………………………..………………………….…3

2. Head dorsum smooth………..…………..………………. M. brachygnathum Moffett

- Head dorsum strongly granulo-rugose…………………….……. M. scabrum Moffett

3. Mandible with 12 teeth with single apical denticle (mandibular tooth count including the preapical and apical denticles); palpi segmentation (4)3,3; in full frontal view, head and occiput smooth and shiny…………………………… M. indicum Moffett

- Mandible with 14 teeth with two apical denticles (mandibular tooth count including the preapical and apical denticles); palpi segmentation 5,4; in full frontal view, head with occiput smooth and shiny with the exception of three to four rugae that originate from posterior to middle of the torulus …………………………..…………...………………..….4

4. Body uniformly light brown, coxae and femora pale yellow; sculpture on mesosoma not distinct; mesonotum with few longitudinal rugae; propodeum with few transverse striations, highly convex with summit virtually higher than mesothorax; rest of mesosoma smooth and shiny………………………………………...… M. agostii sp.n.

- Body dark reddish; coxae and femora dark brown; sculpture on mesosoma prominent; pronotum smooth; propodeum feebly convex with summit virtually at the level of mesothorax; rest of mesosoma granulo-rugose……................ M. moffetti sp.n.