Figure 8 in Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Figure 8. Photomicrographs of †G. gracilis showing setation and certain key features. Specimen CASENT0741232. A, body in ventrolateral anterior oblique view. B, body in dorsolateral posterior oblique view. C, detail of head and prothorax in ventrolateral anterior oblique view. D, detail of mid and hind legs in ventrolateral anterior oblique view. Abbreviations: AII–VII, abdominal segments II–VII; AVsp, spiracle of abdominal segment V; ar, arolium; ca, calcar; cav, velum of calcar; ce, compound eye; fc, frontal carina; mc, cranial condyle of mandible; md, mandible; mspfm, prefemur of mesothoracic leg; msptc, tooth of mesothoracic leg pretarsal claw; mstbspa, anterior tibial spur of mesothoracic leg; mstbspp, posterior tibial spur of mesothoracic leg; mtpfm, prefemur of metathoracic leg; mtplglvf, metapleural gland ventral flange; pd, pedicel; pdcs, prodisticoxal suture; pl, labial palp; plo, plantar lobe; pm, maxillary palp; pnt, pronotum; ppd, propodeum; ppdsp, propodeal spiracle; ppl, propleuron; pr, prora; ptsp, spiracle of the petiole; sc, scape.