lacking short, thick, flattened hairs

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

The head and mesosoma lack abundant short, thick and slightly flattened hairs that are light in color. If erect hairs are present, they are sparse, fine and never appearing flattened. Used in Antkey to separate Crematogaster obscurata from Crematogaster scutellaris.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Crematogaster obscurata (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