posterolateral lobes dinstinctly punctate and lacking rugae (Pheidole)

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Photograph
Keywords: 
punctate (Image keywords), posterolateral lobes (Image keywords)
Description: 

The posterolateral lobes with a distinct punctate ground sculpture, giving the head a dull appearance, and also lacking rugae. Used in Antkey to separate the major workers of Pheidole anastasii, Pheidole bilimeki and Pheidole punctatissima from those of all other Pheidole species.

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