propodeum lacking projecting protrusion

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Creative Commons Licence
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Illustration
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propodeum (Image keywords), propodeum shape (Image keywords), propodeal declivity (Image keywords)
Description: 

The propodeum may be strongly convex, but it never forms a posteriorly projecting protrusion, and the declivity is convex to flat, but never concave. Used in Antkey to separate various species of dolichoderines and formicines from the Ochetellus glaber complex.

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