A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer
Figure 16
Mandibular transformation in Stigmatomma and Amblyopone.
16A, 16-a1-a5, Malagasy Stigmatomma (Stigmatomma mg01: CASENT0227519); 16B, 16-b1-b5, Amblyopone australis (CASENT0172268). 16A, 16-a1-a4, 16B, 16-b1-b4, worker mandible; 16-a5, 16-b5, male mandible. Series represents the transformations in workers' mandibles to SS form (16-a1-a5), with males having a single-toothed mandible, or AD form (16-b1-b5), with males having double-toothed mandible; mandibular teeth are blue and basal denticles are red.