(major worker)
(major worker)
(minor worker)
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Number of segments between alitrunk and gaster (2 segments (petiole and postpetiole) are reduced or isolated between the alitrunk and the gaster) Eye size (Eye composed of more than one lens) Spines on alitrunk (Alitrunk with spines) Psammophore (Ventral side of head and mandibles without basket-like series of hairs) Postpetiole attachment (Postpetiole attached to front surface of first gastral segment; petiole with a node and not dorsoventrally flattened) Tubercles (Dorsal surface of body not covered with tubercles) Number of spines on alitrunk (1-2 pairs of spines on alitrunk) Antennal club (Antenna with 3-segmented club) Head size (Large, broad-headed major workers contrast with much smaller minor workers with proportionately much narrower heads) Cylindrical head (Head not cylindrical) Antennal scape (Antennal scape of major worker bent at the base so that the scape turns towards the midline of the head)
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| Description: Antennal scape of major worker bent at the base so that the scape turns towards the midline of the head; head of major measuring 1.4 mm. x 1.1 mm.; female 7 mm. in length | ||
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| Pheidole hyatti head (major worker) |
P. hyatti body (major worker) |
P. hyatti body (minor worker) |