dense pelt of short hairs lacking

Imaging technique:
Illustration
Description:
The dorsum of the mesosoma lacking a dense pelt of short, semierect hairs. If there are any hairs other than the long flexuous ones, they are very sparse. Used in Antkey to separate Strumigenys lewisi from Strumigenys godeffroyi.
Creator:
Eli Sarnat
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