PLATE 3.15. DRONE CERVIX, VENTRAL VIEW

TOP LEFT Extended cervix (neck) (the head is to the top, the thorax to the bottom). ( X 88)

TOP HIGHT Central "lobe" area on the ventral cervix. Cuticular scales III this area are for the most part solitary spines or blebs. Compare with Plate 2.17, the worker cervix. (x 2,200)

MIDDLE Cervical membrane with the cervix extended. Each cuticular scale here has five to seven spines, in several lengths. (x 3,600)

BOTTOM Cervical membrane with the neck compressed. In this condition the cuticular spines from neighboring scales mesh and seemingly overlap. (x 3,600)