Figures A and B. Amblyopone pallipes, Douglas Co. (7 colonies of Amblyopone collected). Terms frequently encountered in ant literature.

C = Coxa (remainder of legs omitted; ants have same leg segments as other insects).

E = Compound eye (worker ants lack ocelli).

F = Funiculus (all antennal segments except scape).

G = Gena (cheek).

M = Mandible.

N = Pronotum.

O = Occiput (area near top of head, more properly called occipital vertex).

P = Petiole (if followed by a similar segment, subsequent segment is called postpetiole).

Pr = Propodeum (the first segment of the abdomen, but appears to be part of the "thorax" called alitrunk in ants).

Ps = Propodeal spiracle.

S = Sternite (the abdomen is called gaster in ants, see propodeum above).

Sc = Scape (first segment of antenna, always elongated in ants).

St = Sting (found only in Ponerinae, Ecitoninae, and Myrmicinae).

T = Tergite (upper plate vs lower plate or sternite).