Blepharidatta

Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., Feitosa, Rodrigo M. & Diniz, Jorge L. M., 2015, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler, Zootaxa 4012 (1), pp. 33-56 : 42

Key to the identification of Blepharidatta males

(Male of B. fernandezi unknown)

1a. Petiolar node short, subrectangular to rounded (Fig. 3 B, F)..................................................... 2

1b. Petiolar node elongate, weakly differentiated (Fig. 3 D).................................. Blepharidatta conops Kempf

2a. Head rounded in full face view; first funicular segment as long as the pedicel (Fig. 3 A); petiolar node subrectangular in lateral view (Fig. 3 B)........................................................... Blepharidatta brasiliensis Wheeler

2b. Head subrectangular in full face view; first funicular segment about twice as long as the pedicel (Fig. 3E); petiolar node dor- sally rounded (Fig. 3 F).......................................................... Blepharidatta delabiei sp. n.