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[Etherwulf]

I've been catching a lot of striped queens recently like this one. I'm not sure what genus they belong to.

 

She's 8mm long with faint brown stripes

 

This one hopped onto my laptop 5 minutes ago. Talk about lazy anting.

 

 

 

 

Edited by Etherwulf, March 17 2015 - 7:30 AM.

[TobyRF]

It looks like a NYLANDERIA FULVA a tawny crazy ant queen.

[Ants4fun]

I can't say I agree with you Toby, it looks to large and shiny, and has this queen has darker coloration. Etherwolf: Did she shed her wings? Maybe then we can get a clearer look at the thorax.

Edited by Ants4fun, March 17 2015 - 9:38 AM.

[Jonathan21700]

To me it looks like a Nylanderia sp.

[dspdrew]

An 8 mm Nylanderia? I doubt that.

[Crystals]

Very shiny, I don't see many hairs.

Can you get a clearer shot of the petiole?  Not that I am any good with IDing ants outside of North America....

 

Can you also get a full side shot in better light?  Like outside in light shade?

 

My wild guess would be an Azteca species - http://www.myrmecos....4/09/27/azteca/

http://www.antweb.or...t=allantwebants

I found one document that said they were in Malaysia, but Antweb is not showing them there.

 

Edit: Azteca looks like a New World ant, and would likely not be found in Malaysia.  My mistake.

 

This site lists ants in Malaysia and Asia: http://www.antbase.n...inae/index.html

The Pseudolasius familiaris looks close, but we need better pictures first.

[Servercheck]

I see these from time to time. Caught the first one a year or two ago, posted an ID thread in another forum and got them IDed as Pseudolasius. Can't tell you much cause most of the ones I caught didn't seem to be fertile. The ones without wings never laid eggs.

 

Here's my picture :

[Jonathan21700]

An 8 mm Nylanderia? I doubt that.

I missed that. Pseudolasius looks right.

[James C. Trager]

This ant has not enough pubescence to be any Nylanderia known to man. 

 

Indeed, I think this is not even a formicine, rather, possibly the dolichoderine genus Ochetellus.

[James C. Trager]

Or maybe Philidris.

[Gregory2455]

Nylanderia are too hairy.

[Etherwulf]

The queen just laid eggs so she may be fertile. If so, workers will probably help to identify the genus.

 

Until then, I'll try to get a better side shot tomorrow to see if it helps.

[Etherwulf]

I forgot about this queen for a week and she has shed her wings so I got a clearer shot of her thorax.