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Year: 2017 PMID: 28130452 PMCID: PMC5270404 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iew077
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Insect Sci ISSN: 1536-2442 Impact factor: 1.857
Specialized system proposed for naming metasomata in ants with reference to other Apocritans
| General characterization | Examples of taxa | Divisions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdomen minus Abd_I (propodeum) | Apocrita | Abd II | Abd III | Abd IV | Abd V | Abd VI | Abd VII (VIII in male ants) (pygidium) |
| Abdomen minus Abd_I (propodeum) | Apocrita | Metasoma | |||||
| Petiole and metasomata | Formicidae | Anterior metasoma (=metasomal 1 =petiole) | Metasomal 2 | Metasomal 3 | Metasomal 4 to pygidium | ||
| Anterior and posterior metasoma | Formicidae | Anterior metasoma (=metasomal 1 =petiole) | Posterior metasoma | ||||
| Three general subdivisions of metasoma | Formicidae | Anterior metasoma (=metasomal 1 =petiole) | Middle metasoma | Caudal metasoma | |||
| Petiole and gaster | Formicinae, Dolichoderinae | Petiole | Gaster | ||||
| Petiole, postpetiole | Myrmicinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Ecitoninae (except Cheliomyrmicini) | Petiole | Postpetiole | Opisthogaster | |||
| Petiole, postpetiole | Myrmicinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Ecitoninae (including Cheliomyrmicini), Ectatomminae, Amblyoponinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, | Petiole | Postpetiole | Opisthogaster | |||
The most caudad somite is considered pygidium. In workers of ants it is Abd VII (metasomal 6).