Gaster
Description:The terminal enlarged tagma of the ant body, located immediately beyond the waist and constituted of the abdominal segments 4-7 or of the abdominal segments 3-7 when the abdominal segment 3 is or is not differentiated into a postpetiole, respectively.
![Fig001_myrmicinae body](/ants/images/glossary/Fig001_Myrmicinae body.png?1409572892)
![Fig002_dolichoderinae body](/ants/images/glossary/Fig002_Dolichoderinae body.png?1409572892)