. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 288 BULLETIN : MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY The brief review of the species offered below is based on Wil- son's ample collections from New Caledonia, made during Decem- ber, 1954, and January, 1955; smaller samples, all from the vicinity of Noumea, were sent me by N. L. H. Krauss. Key to the Rhytidoponera species of New Caledonia — workers 1. Larger forms, full length of alitrunk (WL) exceeding mm.; body color of mature specimens with rich metallic green or purple tones .2. Smaller forms, full length of alitrunk
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 288 BULLETIN : MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY The brief review of the species offered below is based on Wil- son's ample collections from New Caledonia, made during Decem- ber, 1954, and January, 1955; smaller samples, all from the vicinity of Noumea, were sent me by N. L. H. Krauss. Key to the Rhytidoponera species of New Caledonia — workers 1. Larger forms, full length of alitrunk (WL) exceeding mm.; body color of mature specimens with rich metallic green or purple tones .2. Smaller forms, full length of alitrunk (WL) less than mm.; body color black, brown or combinations of these with red or yellowish; no metallic colors 4. 2. Petiole produced backwards as an acute apical tooth; gastric dorsum smooth, with only shallow traces of coarse punctures, the surface cloudy Avith a bluish opalescence ac-anthnporieroides Vieh. Petiole bluntly subtruncate or rounded above, not produced as a tooth from the apex; gastric dorsum largely or wholly striate or reticulate . . Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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