propodeal spines short

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
propodeum (Image keywords), propodeal spines (Image keywords)
Description: 

The propodeum spines are short, weakly developed and more closely resemble teeth or angles than long, well developed spines. Used in Antkey to separate species of Tetramorium.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Tetramorium nr. caespitum (Taxa), Tetramorium caldarium (Taxa), Tetramorium simillimum (Taxa), Tetramorium tsushimae (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