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识别密钥是一种交互式的图形识别工具，它能够帮助您识别世界上的100多种与人为邻的蚂蚁。识别密钥的使用关键是使用正确的 “最佳”和“次最佳” 按钮（菜单栏上看起来像一个魔术棒的图标）。需要经常使用识别密钥的用户可以时常参考最佳方法，以获得额外的提示和窍门。如果您还需要其它文档，请访问上面的链接。如果您有任何问题或想要报告错误，请在下面的评论区发表您的意见或参加讨论。请记住，识别密钥不包括任何土生土长的本地物种。祝您好运并预祝使用愉快！
使用贴士 > 使用“最佳”和“次最佳”按钮 | “查看”可以使字体变大 | 悬停在右下角的缩略图 | 开启/关闭字符和类群缩略图 | 使用“修剪”按钮 | 当只剩下一个物种的时候，请停止 | 允许来自术语词汇表和类群链接的弹出窗口 | 查看所有的菜单选项
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Please post comments regarding any errors you've encountered, suggestions for improvement or questions. Your comments will help make future versions of the key more accurate and easier to use for everyone.
Antennal insertion surrounded by ridge = Tetramorium
The 'antennal ridge present' character pops up too early for myrmicines with 3-segmented antennal clubs. It is a reliable but difficult character to interpret for novice ant taxonomists. It could at least come after 'propodeal spines present'.
This issue has been addressed
This issue has been addressed for the embedded version of the key, but has not been addressed for the full-screen version that is still linked to the ID Tools server (http://idtools.org/id/ants/AntKey_v1.html).
Lucid Key not loading?
If you experience any errors that prevent the Java Lucid Key from loading, please post what the error message was and what operating system and browser you were using. Thanks.
Nylanderia pubens
Workers of Nylanderia pubens will key out identically to Nylanderia fulva. According to Kallal et al (2012), "Workers of the introduced species fulva and pubens cannot be separated based on morphology. For morphological identification males are necessary. For further details see Gotzek et al. (2012)".
HTML codes for greater than and less than
The Lucid key must be updated to correct the html codes or display for greater than and less than. Specifically, check the 'size' character for Solenopsis (> 2mm vs. &le 2mm).
"Your security seeings have blocked an untrusted application..."
The latest Java upgrade is blocking the Lucid key from loading in many situations. To fix this issue you can follow the following instructions (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/java_blocked.xml):
As a workaround, the user can use Exception Site list feature to run the applications blocked by security settings. By adding the URL of the blocked application to the Exception Site list allows it to run with some warnings.
Steps to Add URL to the Exception Site list:
http://antkey.org
How to use the Lucid Key
Here is an example tutorial I put together for how to use the Lucid Key. It isn't comprehensive, but it's worth watching even if you are a regular user.
How to use Lucid Key for identifying ants from Eli Sarnat on Vimeo.