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@dalias @kechpaja @llewelly

Also, and I didn't believe this until I got serious about learning to identify ants, even the very best photographs do not have the detail of a pinned specimen. This is because we are talking about a very complex three-dimensional form. You have a few excellent macro photos but not one of them lets you see the mandibles from behind, or the leg at the angle required.

I now "get" why a holotype has to be a dead bug. Because you often need to go back and look again.