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[Wedge]

I have had these for a while and originally thought they were Cardiocondyla, but I'm really not sure. Then I was thinking Temnothorax the more I was looking at them. I could be way off either way. Any ideas?

 

unknownant by William Rivera, on Flickr

 

unknownant1 by William Rivera, on Flickr

Edited by Wedge, January 22 2019 - 7:09 PM.

[gcsnelling]

Definitely not Cardiocondyla, likely Temnothorax.

Edited by gcsnelling, January 22 2019 - 6:37 PM.

[Wedge]

Thanks. I'll start looking there more to try and figure out the species.

[Mdrogun]

Have you considered the possibility of Tetramorium bicarinatum? Location would be perfect for them, as I hear they are quite common in certain Florida localities. They look much closer to those than Temnothorax or Cardiocondyla imo

Edited by Mdrogun, January 23 2019 - 7:11 PM.

[gcsnelling]

In looking at them again, I agree that Tetramorium is a better option as well.

[Major]

I think Temnothorax, possibly Temnothorax Curvispinosus. Could also be Tetramorium Bicarinatum.

Edited by Major, January 24 2019 - 6:08 PM.

[Aaron567]

Definitely a Tetramorium species, but to me it looks more like Tetramorium caldarium than bicarinatum. T. caldarium looks just like a miniature version of bicarinatum with slightly different body proportions and not as much sculpturing on their heads. If so, the workers should be about 2 millimeters in total length. T. simillimum is another possibility but I'm pretty sure caldarium are more likely to have this coloration (simillimum are usually pale orange).

[Wedge]

Thanks everyone! I agree with what you all have said and I appreciate the help.  When I checked out Tetramorium bicarinatum they definitely looked much more similar to what I have than members of the other genera I was looking at, but were too big. I came across T. simillimum and thought they were a likely candidate based on the pictures of queens I came across.  Looking now at pictures of what I can find for T. caldarium, I agree that this may be the most likely species. Thanks Aaron for leading me to these.  

Edited by Wedge, January 25 2019 - 5:43 PM.