Paraparatrechina
Creators: name: Lapolla, John S.
name: Cheng, Chiu H.
name: Fisher, Brian L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Paraparatrechina

description: Key to Paraparatrechina workers in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions
1. Eyes small relative to head length (REL ≤ 16)............................................................................................................. 2
- Eyes medium to large relative to head length (REL ≥ 17) ........................................................................................... 5
2. Eyes consisting of less than 10 facets; polymorphic, with clearly expressed major caste; West Africa ...................... 3
- Eyes consisting of more than 10 facets; monomorphic; Madagascar ........................................................................... 4
3. Head, scapes, and legs with numerous erect setae............................................................................................ bufonus
- Head with only sparsely scattered erect setae; scapes and legs without erect setae............................................. weissi
4. Scape with decumbent pubescence; scapes surpass posterior margin by approximately length of the first 3–4 funicu- lar segments .......................................................................................................................................................... myops
- Scape with appressed pubescence; scapes surpass posterior margin by approximately length of the first 2–3 funicular segments......................................................................................................................................................... ocellatula
5. Mesosoma elongate in lateral view, with pronotum gently rising towards mesonotum............................................... 6
- Mesosoma compact in lateral view, with pronotum steeply rising towards mesonotum ............................................. 8
6. Propodeum with a short, angular dorsal face, and a long declivitous face; scape length <0.6 mm; Madagascar .......... ............................................................................................................................................................................. glabra
- Propodeum with rounded dorsal face, not conspicuously longer than declivitous face; scape length> 0.6 mm; East & West Africa ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
7. Scape length> 0.72 mm; tibiae same brown color as mesosoma; protrochanter brown as in mesosoma, but meso/ metatrochanters may be lighter brown; mandibles and antennae typically same brown color as head ......... splendida
- Scape length <0.72 mm; tibiae whitish to brownish-yellow; all trochanters white; mandibles and antennae yellow- ish-brown, contrasting with brown head...................................................................................................... concinnata
8. Yellow to brownish-yellow species, although may possess a conspicuously darker gaster that is brown in color......9
- Brown to dark brown species with the gaster the same color as the head and mesosoma ......................................... 12
9. Gaster brown, conspicuously contrasting with yellow head and mesosoma............................................... umbranatis
- Gaster brownish-yellow to yellow, not conspicuously contrasting with head and mesosoma ................................... 10
10. Smaller species (HL & SL <0.4 mm) ................................................................................................................ gnoma
- Larger species (HL & SL> 0.4 mm) .........................................................................................................................11
11. Head and scapes with decumbent pubescence; REL ≤ 22................................................................................ subtilis
- Head and scapes with appressed pubescence; REL ≥ 23..................................................................................... oreias
12. Mesosomal dorsum (primarily pronotum and mesonotum) much lighter (almost white in some specimens) than remainder of mesosoma, head and gaster; white colored pubescence covering body ...................................... albipes
- Mesosomal dorsum not much lighter than remainder of mesosoma, head and gaster; golden colored pubescence cov- ering body ...................................................................................................................................................... brunnella
description: Published as part of Lapolla, John S., Cheng, Chiu H. & Fisher, Brian L., 2010, Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 2387 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193808