Fig. 1 in A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Dirt Ants, Basiceros (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): Inferring Life Histories Through Morphological Convergence

Fig. 1. (A) Basiceros manni (Brown and Kempf 1960) adult workers from the same colony, showing age-related accumulation of integumental camouflage (photograph by Rodolfo Probst). (B) Examples of mouthpart diversity found in the Basiceros-genus group; from left to right: Talaridris mandibularis (Brazil, CASENT0235384. Image from www.antweb.org, by Estella Ortega), Eurhopalothrix gravis (Mann 1922) (Costa Rica, INBIOCRI001237722. Image from www. antweb.org, by Brendon Boudinot), Rhopalothrix stannardi Brown & Kempf, 1960 (Belize, CASENT0280781. Image from www.antweb.org, by Estella Ortega), Basiceros scambognathus (Brown 1949) (Brazil, scale bar: 0.5 mm). (C) An adult worker of Basiceros singularis preying on gastropod (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Ecuador:Tiputini. Photograph by Mark W. Moffett/Minden Pictures, all rights reserved, the permission of the author for reproduction in the present study.