Key to Subfamilies of Formicidae in the Southeastern United States (based on workers) (modified from Creighton (1950) and Bolton (1994) Couplet 6

Key to Subfamilies of Formicidae in the Southeastern United States (based on workers) (modified from Creighton (1950) and Bolton (1994) Couplet 6 Previous couplet \| Start Subfamily Key over
6(2) The apex of the gaster with a semicircular to circular acidopore formed from the hypopygium, this structure often projecting as a nozzle with a fringe of setae (figure 15) ...Formicinae	6' Apex of gaster with hypopygium lacking an acidipore (figure 16) ..Dolichoderinae

Figure 15. Profile view (top) and ventral view (bottom) of gaster of formicine ant showing the acidopore (with setal fringe).	Figure 16. Profile view (top) and ventral view (bottom) of gaster of dolichoderine ant showing the lack of acidopore.

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The ant web site was uploaded on 6 March 2003 and was last updated on 7 February 2022 (specific pages may have different uploaded and updated dates)
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The development of this web site was supported in part by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, under Project No. MIS-012040 and the USDA-ARS Areawide Management of Imported Fire Ant Project (Richard L. Brown, Principal Investigator).