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[rbaezam]

1. Location of collection in my backyard

2. Date of collection May 22, 2018
3. Habitat of collection a lot of vegetation nearby
4. Length around 7mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture black
6. Distinguishing characteristics looks like a Paratrechina longicornis or maybe a Dormymyrmex?
7. Anything else distinctive 
8. Nest description

9. Nuptial flight time and date May 22, 2018, at night after a rain, with very humid weather
10 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in.

Pics below. In case it's hard to ID with these pictures, I'll try to get better ones.

 

[Batspiderfish]

I agree with Dorymyrmex. Paratrechina would have a pointed cone of hairs at the tip of her gaster, the acidopore which separates Formicinae from Dolichoderinae.

[rbaezam]

Is there any chance this is an Azteca sp queen? I know they are also Dolichoderinae like Dorymyrmex, and unlike Dorymyrmex, I guess Azteca sp use to have nuptial flies at night, or maybe some species of Dorymyrmex also fly at night?

[Batspiderfish]

Same subfamily -- not that genus, though.

Dorymrymex insanus appears to be the only native Dorymyrmex sp. in your area, although from what I understand the name might not represent only a single species.

Edited by Batspiderfish, May 23 2018 - 7:38 AM.