-
second segment forms the
narrow petiole. Some ants have an
additional postpetiole segment, and the
remaining segments form the
bulbous gaster. The petiole...
- may be subtruncate. The
postpetiole is
large and broad, and in the
larger workers, it is
broader than its length. The
postpetiole tends to be less broad...
- spiders. The
plump portion of the
abdomen posterior to the
petiole (and
postpetiole in the Myrmicinae) is
called the gaster. The
structure of the petiole...
- with
abdominal segment III on most ants, but some make a
constricted postpetiole out of
segment III, in
which case the
gaster begins with
abdominal segment...
- body of
males is depigmentated, the
cuticle is thin, the
petiole and
postpetiole are
widely connected, and
degenerate mandibles, palps, and
antennae are...
- scale".
Formicine ants have a
single node-like or scale-like
petiole (
postpetiole entirely lacking) and the apex of the
abdomen has a
circular or U-shaped...
-
clypeus and antennae. Its head,
mesonotum and
parts of its thorax,
postpetiole and
gaster are black. In
contrast to
other species, the
mandibles are...
-
petiole and
postpetiole. The
petiole is "hatchet-like", with a node that is
almost rectangular in
profile and
higher than the
postpetiole. The antennae...
- wood,
under stones, or in trees.
Myrmicine worker ants have a
distinct postpetiole, i.e.,
abdominal segment III is
notably smaller than
segment IV and set...
-
attached to
abdominal segment 3 and
without a
distinct posterior face;
postpetiole absent;
sting present and well developed. The
subfamily was formerly...
