Comparative Immature Morphology of Brazilian Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis)

Figure 6

Last instar larva of male of Solenopsis saevissima. (a) Body in side view. (b) Head capsule in full frontal view. (c) Mouthparts in oblique view; lb: labrum; mx: maxilla; md: mandible. (d) Detail on frons of head capsule; arrows: tentorial pits; white box: left antenna. (e) Detail on right maxilla, showing maxillary palp (mp) and galea (ga). Respective sizes of scale bars (μm): 400, 100, 20, 30, and 10.