metapleural gland absent

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
mesosoma (Image keywords), metapleural gland (Image keywords)
Description: 

The metapleuron lacking a distinct gland orifice above the hind coxa. The orifice is often slit shaped and fringed by short hairs. Used in Antkey to separate Camponotus from all other formicine genera.

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