 It is situated in the basal part of the insect's sting, and is located between the two ducts of the venom gland and the Dufour's gland.Despite its many plesiomorphic features, the sting apparatus of "Nothomyrmecia" is considered less primitive than those found in other ants such as "Stigmatomma pallipes".It is the only known species of ant that contains both a sting and a 'waist' (i.e.