author(s)
SD Chate and RJ Chavan

abstract
Morphology is very important approach to biologists for unique recognition of insect species as compared to close relative. The present study deals with the morphology and taxonomy of ant species Leptogenys processionalis from of Aurangabad city with the help of scanning electron microscopy. The Scanning electron microscopy facilitates to confiscate confusions in morphological features in related species with better resolution and clarity. Based on the body profile such as head, antennal scrobe over the eye, thorax, abdomen etc. species are recognized. Thus during present study SEM imaging detected the detailed morphological features such as size, coloration, pilosity on the body and details of head features, structure of alitrunk and gaster. The study recorded in details the features like broad head with small eyes, 12 segmented antenna, broad mandibles, narrow alitrunk, sutures on thorax, convex petiole, tibial spur, pectinate claw. This helped to confirm that the ant specimen observed with the help of SEM is Leptogenys processionalis.