Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

2 clypeal teeth

Licence: 
Lisensi Creative Commons
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
clypeus (Image keywords), anterior clypeal margin (Image keywords), median tooth (Image keywords)
Description: 

The anterior margin of the clypeus has a pair of lateral teeth that straddle the midline but no median tooth. Used in Antkey to separate from Solenopsis geminata and Solenopsis xyloni from Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri. This is arguably the most useful character for separating these species, but it can be difficult to see on some specimens.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Solenopsis geminata (Taxa), Solenopsis xyloni (Taxa)
Copyright Owner: 
Eli Sarnat
Copyright Statement: 
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
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