SUBFAMILY DORYLINAE - Subgenus Anomma comparative study of gastral apices
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The Ants of Africa SUBFAMILY DORYLINAE - Subgenus Anomma comparative study of gastral apices |
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Compilation of Anomma gastral apices using the above species-grouping
| 1 | Sternites with a fringe of moderately long hairs on the posterior margin; tergites with abundant semi-decumbent fine hairs; pygidium with quite narrow triangular lateral spines | burmeisteri group |
| 2 | Sternites with longer, more abundant and longer hairs but without an obvious posterior fringe of hairs; tergites with even more abundant and longer hairs; pygidium with stronger, broader based lateral spines, in some cases these have apices which are at least bifurcate | arcens group |
| 3 | Sternites with only sparse hairs and no obvious posterior fringe of hairs; tergites with quite abundant long hairs; pygidium with narrow based lateral spines, with a distinct downcurve | sjoestedti group |
| 4 | Both sternites and tergites with sparse long hairs but quite distinctive very short widely spaced pilosity; pygidium with short, sharp and very distinctly down-turned lateral spines | emery group |
| 5 | Both sternites and tergites with few semi-erect hairs and those are mostly short; pygidium with short lateral spines | lamottei group |
| 6 | Both sternites and tergites with few semi-erect hairs but distinctive fringes of very short hairs, with the fringes on the posterior and lateral magins of the sternites; pygidium with moderately long sharp lateral spines | kohli group |
| 7 | Both sternites and tergites with sparse long hairs but those hairs longer than in any of the other groups; pygidium with well developed but broad based lateral spines and, uniquely and median spine on the lower margin | gerstaeckeri group |
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