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[cpman]

Hi.

There are some ants around here that I have yet to ID. Suprisingly, they can survive being quite close to S. invicta nests. Workers of both species panic when they encounter each other.

It is some sort of Formicine ant.

Workers are 3 mm. They are present in a slightly drier, open area with no tree cover right next to a large, polygyne S. invicta colony.

This worker was collected yesterday.

Nest is simply a few holes in the ground with no mound.

Workers are orange-brown, and covered in long, coarse, black setae.

 

Here are some pictures:

 

Scale is in mm.

 

Sorry about the ghosting on this one, I haven't yet got the hang of focus bracketing...

 

 

My initial guess is Paratrechnia, but there is the issue that the setae do not appear to be paired.

 

Thanks!

Edited by cpman, April 26 2015 - 8:45 PM.

[dspdrew]

First thing I think of when I see that hair is Nylanderia. They have got to be the ugliest ants.

[Alza]

nylanderia 

[cpman]

I don't think it is N. fulva. Would N. terricola be a good ID for it?

Edited by cpman, April 18 2015 - 12:17 PM.

[Ants4fun]

I don't think it is N. fulva. Would N. terricola be a good ID for it?

 

Look's right.

Edited by Ants4fun, April 24 2015 - 11:35 AM.