Pictorial key to the ant genera of Illinois

by N.C. Wilkins and S.B. Menke

Fig. 68 Tetramorium bicarinatum (antweb.org)

Fig. 69 Temnothorax ambiguus (antweb.org)

A Frontal carinae extending well past the eye, sometimes to the occipital margin.
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AA Frontal carinae ending far short of occipital margin, seldom surpassing the eye.

 

...Temnothorax (in part)