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. 2018 Dec 12;5(12):181447. doi: 10.1098/rsos.181447

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Figure 2. — Ant mandibles compared with finite-element analysis. (a) Simplified surface models, and (b) cross-sections of three ant mandible specimens: the snap-jaw ant Mystrium camillae major worker, M. camillae minor worker, and the biting jaw ant, Stigmatomma pallipes. (c) Surface renderings of the head (transparent grey), mandible (brown), mandible adductor muscle (yellow), and mandible abductor (blue) of each specimen. Cross-sections are taken from the mandible bases. Scale bars: (a) and (b) = 0.1 mm, (c) = 1.0 mm.