Cryptopone sauteri

Cryptopone sauteri Wheeler, 1906

Worker

Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri

Distinguishable from other species of the genus by the shape of the sub petiolar process. Characterized by bristles on mid tibiae and a few ommatidia.

Queen

Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri
Cryptopone sauteri

Unlike workers, there are many ommatidia.

Male

References

Wheeler, W.M. 1906. “The ants of Japan.” Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22: 301-328.

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