Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

propodeum with posterior protrusion and concave declivity

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

The propodeum forms a posteriorly projecting protrusion (a) which causes the propodeal declivity (b) to be concave. Used in Antkey to separate species in the Ochetellus glaber complex from various species of dolichoderines and formicines.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Ochetellus glaber (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