erect hairs
head covered in woolly hairs
head of soldier caste covered in woolly hairs
long erect hairs abundant
long erect hairs abundant on head, mesosoma and gaster (Camponotus)
long erect hairs sparse
long erect hairs sparse on head, mesosoma and gaster (Camponotus)
macrosetae shorter, thick, stout
macrosetae on mesosoma of moderate length, thick and stout, weakly tapering to a blunt tip (Nylanderia)
mesosoma lacking erect hairs
mesosoma lacking erect hairs
mesosoma with erect hairs
mesosoma with erect hairs
short thick erect hairs abundant
short thick erect hairs abundant on head and mesosoma (Crematogaster)
short thick erect hairs sparse
short thick erect hairs sparse on head and mesosoma (Crematogaster)
2 pairs of hairs above the eye
The cephalic dorsum with two pairs of short and stubby hairs posterior to eye. Used in Antkey to separate Technomyrmex pallipes from Technomyrmex albipes, Technomyrmex difficilis and Technomyrmex vitiensis.
dense pelt of flexuous hairs
The entire body is covered in a dense pelt of long flexuous hairs, many of which are bifid. Used in Antkey to separate Tetramorium lanuginosum from other Tetramorium species.