mesopleuron with sparse pubesence

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

The mesopleuron is shiny, not dulled by dense pubescence (usually less than 25 hairs). The amount of pubescence can be quite variable based on the examined specimens, and is not always the most reliable character. Used in Antkey to separate species of Nylanderia.

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