Blogging will resume in early September

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 | Administrative, Comparative Anatomy

Archetype is about to get even quieter.

Grant proposals have been dealt with (more or less), and next week I will be in Turin, Italy, for the congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. I just don’t want to won’t have time to blog during the congress, unfortunately.

But do not fear, for I leave you with a very tough quiz. Let see if someone knows what’s depicted below. A couple of tips:

- It is one of the few sclerites (skeletal pieces) in adult workers that is completely internal.

- It comes in pairs (left one pictured).

The answer will be revealed upon my return.

The mysterious sclerite X (Scanning Electron Micrograph, Roberto Keller/AMNH)

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5 Comments to Blogging will resume in early September

Marc "Teleutotje" Van der Stappen
August 26, 2009

Isn’t it one of those sclerites of the sting? Spiracular plate?

Roberto Keller
August 26, 2009

Nice guess, but not even close.

C.M. Wilson
September 4, 2009

Is it the tentorium?

Roberto Keller
September 4, 2009

Uh! No, but getting closer, really close…

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