Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

macrosetae thick and stout

Licence: 
Lisensi Creative Commons
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
erect hairs (Image keywords), hairs (Image keywords)
Description: 

The macrosetae (or longest hairs), are of moderate length, thick and stout, weakly tapering to a blunt tip. Used in Antkey to separate Nylanderia bourbonica from Nylanderia fulva.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Nylanderia bourbonica (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