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Figures 22-25. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photomicrographs of Myrmecocystus mendax worker. 22, discal area of second tergum, showing appressed pubescence and erect setae, X 300; 23, base of one seta on second tergum, X 2000; 24, vestiture and integument of frontal lobe, X 100; 25, vestiture and integuement of side of clypeal lobe, X 600. Courtesy of Scanning Electron Analysis Laboratories, Inc., Los Angeles.

Snelling, R. R. 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Science Bulletin. 24:1-163.