So you can better describe the ants you see here are some common descriptive words for the exoskeletons of ants:
striate - many parallel grooves
tuberculate - little protrusions covering the surface
reticulate - split into irregular cells
glabrous - smooth
punctate/foveolate - covered in little round depressions
rugulose - wrinkled
pilosity - the degree of pilosity refers to how hairy the ant is
reclinate hairs - hairs that lay flat
tomentum - wooly hairs
clavate hairs - club-shaped hairs






