Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

petiole square shaped

Licence: 
Lisensi Creative Commons
Imaging technique: 
Illustration
Keywords: 
petiole (Image keywords), petiolar node (Image keywords), petiole shape (Image keywords)
Description: 

The petiolar node is square shaped, with discrete and nearly flat anterior, dorsal and posterior faces. Used in Antkey to separate Tetramorium bicarinatum, Tetramorium caldarium, Tetramorium caespitum_cf, Tetramorium simillimum and Tetramorium tsushimae from all other Tetramorium.

Creator: 
Eli Sarnat
Taxonomic name: 
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Taxa), Tetramorium caldarium (Taxa), Tetramorium nr. caespitum (Taxa), Tetramorium simillimum (Taxa), Tetramorium tsushimae (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