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From: The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour

Fig. 2

Constraints of the wing muscles (purple) on the height of the furcae (blue) and volumes of neck (red) and petiole (green) muscles in thorax of Cataglyphis savignyi queen. a Sagittal section from micro-CT scan. Note the anterior and posterior phragmata in yellow. b Transverse section through mesothorax, showing the muscular connection (orange) between the mesofurca (blue) and the lateral thoracic walls. T1–3, pro-, meso-, and metathorax respectively. IA, propodeum. F1–3, pro-, meso-, and metafurca respectively. Cx1–3, fore-, mid-, and hindcoxa respectively

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