Sunday, February 10, 2013

ants morphology

Ant's body is divided into three parts, namely the head, mesosoma (chest), and metasoma (abdomen). Ant morphology is quite clear compared to other insects that also has antenna, metapleural glands, and stomach both relating to shaft ants forming a narrow waist (pedunkel) between mesosoma (the chest cavity and abdomen) and metasoma (abdomen less the abdominal segments the petiole).

Read more »

Labels: