FIGURE 12 in A taxonomic revision and a review of the biology of the North American seed-harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

FIGURE 12. Photographs of dorsal surface of scape: (A) Veromessor chamberlini (LACMENT359743)—anterior edge of scape curving inward distad of base (red arrow), posterior edge of scape flat to weakly convex at base (black arrow), narrowing distad of base; widened area at base of scape much longer than width at base, and (B) V. lobognathus (LACMENT363932)—anterior edge of scape flat at base (red arrow), posterior edge of scape narrowing from base (black arrow); widened area at base of scape shorter than width at base. Photographs by Michele Esposito from www.AntWeb.org.