gaster armed with sting

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Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Description: 

A slender, pointed sting used for hunting and defense is located at the apical end of the gaster. Sometimes it is not fully extruded and difficult to see. Used in Antkey to separate all other subfamilies from Dolichoderinae and Formicinae.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith