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[Jonny8040]

1. Location (on a map) of collection: NE TN
2. Date of collection: 6.13.22
3. Habitat of collection: Suburban next to river
4. Length (from head to gaster): very small. I’m not good at mm guessing. Probably ~6 mm. About 3/4 the size of Tetramorium queens
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: red head and thorax, greenish brown abdomen
6. Distinguishing characteristics: very fast moving
7. Distinguishing behavior: I believe this is Brachymyrmex but very unsure
8. Nest description: -
9. Nuptial flight time and date: around 7-9 this morning is when I found these queens






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[ANTdrew]

Definitely not Brachymyrmex. Did you move to Tennessee?

[Mettcollsuss]

Probably Dorymyrmex bureni, maybe Forelius. I need to work on telling their queens apart.

[Jonny8040]

Definitely not Brachymyrmex. Did you move to Tennessee?

No haha. Here on vacation for a few days!


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[Jonny8040]

Probably Dorymyrmex bureni, maybe Forelius. I need to work on telling their queens apart.

Awesome. New species for me. Are they polygenous? And she looks fully claustral but just want to make sure?


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[Manitobant]

Forelius is polygynous, dorymyrmex isn't. Both are fully claustral however.

[Mettcollsuss]

Not all Forelius are polygynous, it depends on the variant.

[Aaron567]

These are Forelius queens. Their queens have a smaller, less circular head than Dorymyrmex.

[Jonny8040]

These are Forelius queens. Their queens have a smaller, less circular head than Dorymyrmex.

Awesome. Thank you. What species of Forelius do you think?

[Kaelwizard]

These are Forelius queens. Their queens have a smaller, less circular head than Dorymyrmex.

Awesome. Thank you. What species of Forelius do you think?

I’m pretty sure they can be very hard to ID but I might be wrong.