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Can someone please Identify this queen for me?

Started By WILLj , Jan 18 2020 6:57 PM

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#1 Offline WILLj - Posted January 18 2020 - 6:57 PM

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5 or so days ago I caught this queen in my backyard in Sydney, Australia. I know for sure that she is in the Camponotus genus as I found her in a decomposing log. If someone could classify exactly what species she is it would be greatly appreciated. Her length is around 11mm

Link to photo: https://albumizr.com/a/v2cP

#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted January 18 2020 - 7:05 PM

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Just a heads up, finding queens in decomposing logs is never a way to say they are camponotus. However, you got lucky and correctly IDed her, despite a bad reason.


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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 19 2020 - 7:25 AM

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Camponotus sp.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#4 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted January 19 2020 - 10:21 AM

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Camponotus sp, probably nigriceps or a closely related species.


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#5 Offline Formicoidea - Posted January 20 2020 - 10:54 PM

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Camponotus sp, probably nigriceps or a closely related species.

sorry, but probably not nigriceps. Head and gaster coloration are much too light.

if i had to make a guess it would be Camponotus extensus. based purely on coloration. (ie. a bit of a wild guess)


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Current Queens/Colonies:

- Iridomyrmex Bicknelli                          - Iridomyrmex Sp. (x2)

- Camponotus Consobrinus                - Camponotus Sp.

- Myrmecia Sp.                                        - Rhytidoponera Metallica

- Rhytidoponera victoriae                       - Notoncus Sp. (x2)

- Anonychomyrma Cf. Froggatti (x6)

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