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10a. Mesosoma with no erect setae: 20
10b. Mesosoma with at least a pair of erect setae on pronotum: 50
20b. Face smooth: 30
30a. Metanotal groove deeply impressed; first gastral tergite with sparse appressed pubescence: JTL-002
30b. Metanotal groove shallow; first gastral tergite with abundant appressed pubescence: 40
40a. Scapes surpass vertex margin by one-half to one length of first funicular segment: JTL-005
40b. Scapes barely reach vertex margin: JTL-010
50a. Pronotum, mesonotum, and propodeum with erect setae; size large: 60
50b. Pronotum and mesonotum or just pronotum with erect setae, propodeal dorsum lacking erect setae: 70
60a. Mesosoma strongly constricted, hourglass-shaped: nebulosus
60b. Mesosoma not strongly constricted: coactus
70a. Body pale orange with abundant, coarse black setae; eyes very small: cavernicola
70b. Color various but without coarse black setae; eyes larger: 80
80a. Only pronotum with erect setae: 90
80b. Pronotum and mesonotum each with a pair of erect setae: 100
90a. First gastral tergite with abundant appressed pubescence, no erect setae: JTL-004
90b. First gastral tergite with sparse appressed pubescence, a few erect setae: JTL-007
100b. Color yellow, orange, or dusky yellow brown: 120
110a. First gastral tergite with abundant appressed pubescence: obscurior
110b. First gastral tergite with no appressed pubescence: heeri
120a. First gastral tergite with abundant appressed pubescence: JTL-003
120b. First gastral tergite with no or sparse appressed pubescence: 130
130a. First gastral tergite with about 6 conspicuous erect setae, not including posterior row; scapes relatively long; queen large, head width across eyes about 0.66mm: longicornis
130b. First gastral tergite with about 2 erect setae, not including posterior row; scapes relatively shorter; queen small, head width across eyes about 0.48mm: pictus balboae
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
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