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Help with slim ant ID

Started By Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* , Feb 26 2022 8:55 AM

Best Answer Manitobant , February 27 2022 - 2:34 PM

Is this still psedumyrmex with measurement change?

yes, and it’s still pseudomyrmex cubaensis. Go to the full post


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#1 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 26 2022 - 8:55 AM

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10mm, caught in central Florida near housing.

Is it also a queen?

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 26 2022 - 9:10 AM

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Pseudomyrmex worker.
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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/

#3 Offline ZTYguy - Posted February 26 2022 - 9:34 AM

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I second pseudomyrmex worker. Get a closer pic of her mid segment just to be sure but that’s probably a worker. Still cool find though.
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#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted February 26 2022 - 10:07 AM

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Looks like it's probably P. cubaensis.


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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). 

#5 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 26 2022 - 11:45 AM

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What is interesting, is there is 0 color in it except black unlike gracilis

Edited by SolenopsisKeeper-, February 27 2022 - 1:31 PM.

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#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 26 2022 - 3:12 PM

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What is interesting, is there is 0 color in it except black

pseudomyrmex cubaensis are black.
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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/

#7 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 27 2022 - 5:53 AM

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Getting better pics later today.

#8 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 27 2022 - 12:59 PM

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Dude can you stop questioning our ID skills? Some of us have been IDing ants for years, so there is no need to doubt what we say.

Edited by Manitobant, February 27 2022 - 1:03 PM.

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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/

#9 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 27 2022 - 1:23 PM

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Not questioning. Reason I was getting better pics was bc I went to release the ant, and realized that I made a foolish measurement mistake. 5-6mm is correct

Also, i don’t think it is, but is it a queen? I can’t tell with Psedumyrmex

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#10 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 27 2022 - 1:30 PM

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Dude can you stop questioning our ID skills? Some of us have been IDing ants for years, so there is no need to doubt what we say.


Well, I question ID Becuase I got two different answers on my other topic. Also, I asked ab invicta and xyloni Becuase you can assume based on body shape, but the real way is to get the workers under a microscope, and see if they have a 3rd tooth(invicta) or 2 teeth(xyloni and geminata)

#11 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 27 2022 - 1:38 PM

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Dude can you stop questioning our ID skills? Some of us have been IDing ants for years, so there is no need to doubt what we say.

Well, I question ID Becuase I got two different answers on my other topic. Also, I asked ab invicta and xyloni Becuase you can assume based on body shape, but the real way is to get the workers under a microscope, and see if they have a 3rd tooth(invicta) or 2 teeth(xyloni and geminata)
invicta and xyloni are a rare exception when it comes to ID. Most other species can be positively identified with just a picture. Also when multiple people agree with someone’s ID it is likely correct.

Edited by Manitobant, February 27 2022 - 1:41 PM.

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/

#12 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 27 2022 - 1:51 PM

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Is this still psedumyrmex with measurement change?

#13 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 27 2022 - 2:34 PM   Best Answer

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Is this still psedumyrmex with measurement change?

yes, and it’s still pseudomyrmex cubaensis.
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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/

#14 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted February 27 2022 - 2:38 PM

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Question, queen?

#15 Offline OiledOlives - Posted March 1 2022 - 7:36 AM

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It is a worker. Two people have already responded to your original picture saying that it was a worker.


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#16 Offline James C. Trager - Posted March 7 2022 - 8:59 AM

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@SolenopsisKeeper - I suggest you learn to spell Pseudomyrmex correctly. 


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#17 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted March 7 2022 - 12:37 PM

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Typo. I suck at typing
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