Edible ants in Vietnam: Identification and indigenous knowledge Author Pham, Duy Long 0000-0002-2345-2398 Forest Protection Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi 11910, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0810 - 474 X; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2345 - 2398 Author Bao, Hoang Quoc 0000-0001-9501-4787 People's Committee of Bao Yen District, Lao Cai 31900, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9501 - 4787 Author Nguyen, Dai Dac 0009-0006-8024-2553 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi 113000, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0006 - 8024 - 2553 & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi 113000, Vietnam. Author Trong, Ly Van 0009-0009-6483-0592 Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Thai Nguyen 24119, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0009 - 6483 - 0592 Author Tra, Tran Thi Le 0000-0003-2521-7532 Tay Nguyen University, Dak Lak 63000, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2521 - 7532 Author Phuc, Kieu Thanh 0009-0001-7263-8674 Lao Cai Department of Science and Technology, Lao Cai 31010, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0001 - 7263 - 8674; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 2490 - 9612 * Corresponding author: nguyenminhchi @ vafs. gov. vn Author Thu, Nguyen Thi Minh 0009-0001-7263-8674 Lao Cai Department of Science and Technology, Lao Cai 31010, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0001 - 7263 - 8674; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 2490 - 9612 * Corresponding author: nguyenminhchi @ vafs. gov. vn Author Chi, Nguyen Minh 0000-0002-2345-2398 Forest Protection Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi 11910, Vietnam; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0810 - 474 X; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2345 - 2398 nguyenminhchi@vafs.gov.vn text Ecologica Montenegrina 2024 2024-05-28 73 208 220 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.73.19 journal article 10.37828/em.2024.73.19 2336-9744 13247539 Odontoponera denticulata (Smith, 1858) HL: 2.223 –2.395 mm ; HDW : 2.024 –2.138 mm ; FW: 0.777 –0.803 mm ; SCL : 1.71–1.775 mm ; EL: 0.227 –0.421 mm ; IPPL : 1.078 –1.567 mm ; PEL: 0.49–0.675 mm ; PEH : 0.981 –1.055 mm ; PNW : 1.325 – 1.572 mm ; PEW : 0.547 –0.684 mm (n = 30, Fig. 3 ) . Body blackish brown. Head in full-face view rectangular to subrectangular; lateral sides slightly convex; occipital margin concave. Mandible strong, triangular, with five teeth. Eye large and circular. Antenna 12 segments, filiform; scape slender and long; antennal scape slightly longer than occipital margin. Mesosona slightly convex. Mesosoma narrow. Anterior margin of pronotum convex. Posterodorsal corner of propodeum round. Petiole broader than long; Petiolar node in anterior view slightly concave apically, in lateral view narrowly triangular with straight anterior and posterior margins. Head and mesosoma relatively long and slender, with deep rugae; pronotum with deep and regular transverse rugae; lateral pronotal profile with curved rugae, mesonotum and propodeum weakly curved rugae. Clypeus with fine longitudinal striae. Gaster smooth. Rugae on petiole almost obliterated. Legs reddish brown.