erect hairs absent

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
erect hairs (Image keywords), hairs (Image keywords)
Description: 

Erect hairs are absent on cephalic dorsum (above eye level), gastral tergites 1 and 2, and are often also present on the pronotum. Used in Antkey to separate Linepithema humile from Linepithema iniquum.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Linepithema humile (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