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Posted June 23 2021 - 12:17 PM
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First time ant keeping, queen 2 of 2. Thanks in advance guys!
Location of collection: San Mateo, CA, USA
Date of collection : 2021-06-23
Habitat: Back patio
5-6mm
Dark Brown to black
Hidden Petiole
No other distinctions
Nest: underneath flower pot, in moist dirt and tanned bark.
No Visible Flight
Edited by Dtab, June 23 2021 - 12:18 PM.
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Posted June 23 2021 - 12:18 PM
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Remeasure?
I think this is Tapinoma sessile, but 8-9mm is way off for that species.
Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.
However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:
Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).
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Posted June 23 2021 - 12:21 PM
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Remeasure?
I think this is Tapinoma sessile, but 8-9mm is way off for that species.
Posted wrong description from my other request. I updated description
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Posted June 23 2021 - 12:22 PM
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Yep, Tapinoma sessile.
Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.
However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:
Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).
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Posted June 23 2021 - 12:23 PM
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Yep, Tapinoma sessile.
Awesome thanks for fast IDs on both!
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Posted June 24 2021 - 7:58 AM
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Posted June 24 2021 - 9:31 AM
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I'll see if I can get some better pictures soon. All I have right now is my phone and an upright microscope. I have one of those cheap digital disecting scopes on the way, to get better depth of field pics.
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Posted June 24 2021 - 4:06 PM
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I was thinking the exact thing. The head shape looks a lot like lio. But then the shape of the body looks a bit different.We sure it isn’t liometopum or brachymyrmex? It doesn’t look like tapinoma to me (unless the cali specimens are different from eastern ones)
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Posted June 24 2021 - 6:58 PM
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This is almost certainly T. sessile. L. occidentale and luctuosum are usually over 10mm. B. patagonicus has a vastly different head shape as well.
Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.
However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:
Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).
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Posted June 25 2021 - 7:48 AM
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4 segment rule, people. In the US it's completely unique to Tapinoma, even very similar genera like Technomyrmex can be separated with it.
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Posted June 25 2021 - 8:49 AM
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Oh wow I didn’t know that was a thing. That makes things much easier.4 segment rule, people. In the US it's completely unique to Tapinoma, even very similar genera like Technomyrmex can be separated with it.
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