Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

1 pair pronotal hairs

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

The pronotum with one pair of erect hairs that differ from the appressed pilosity. Used in Antkey to separate Technomyrmex albipes and some specimens of Technomyrmex pallipes from Technomyrmex vitiensis and Technomyrmex difficilis. Technomyrmex pallipes can have 1-3 pairs of erect hairs on the pronotum. This character should be used with some caution because these hairs can be easily rubbed off prior to examination.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Technomyrmex albipes (Taxa), Technomyrmex pallipes (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