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Pensacola, FL. Male and Queen ID; 6/29/17


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#1 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 29 2017 - 1:01 PM

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Today at 3:00 PM, after some rain, I found a male and a queen in my pool that I do not know the species of. I have tried to find out what they are, but after searching through queen and male specimens on AntWeb, I still can't figure it out.

 

Queen

 

Size: 5mm

I kept thinking this was Dolichoderus. The petiole doesn't match and the head shape may not quite match with Dolichoderus either.

 

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Male

 

Size: 9mm

I do not know what this is. It has mandibles, elbowed antennae, and one petiole node. I thought it could've been Leptogenys at first but then realized that Leptogenys males do not have mandibles. 

 

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#2 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 29 2017 - 1:47 PM

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I have been doing more research and I believe the queen could be Dorymyrmex reginicula. Still have no idea what the male could be though. :(



#3 Offline James C. Trager - Posted November 9 2018 - 9:02 AM

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Getting to this a litte (well, a lot) late but...

 

The queen is indeed Dorymyrmex reginicula. Good find. These are temporary parasites of D. bossuta, and D. bureni, not commonly encountered.

 

The male ant is Formica pallidefulva.






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