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[rbaezam]

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1. Location of collection in my backyard at my house (Yucatan, Mexico)

2. Date of collection April 11, 2018
3. Habitat of collection in a house surrounded by a lot of vegetation
4. Length around 5-6mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture it's like shiny brown, with dark yellow lines in her gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics very large gaster
7. Anything else distinctive
8. Nest description

9. Nuptial flight time and date April 11, 2018
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.

 

 

 

[VoidElecent]

Perhaps this is a queen of a Dolichoderinae species, maybe Azteca, with a gaster full of eggs.

[TennesseeAnts]

It's just the queen storing eggs. Mine do it all the time.

[rbaezam]

Perhaps this is a queen of a Dolichoderinae species, maybe Azteca, with a gaster full of eggs.

 

Isn't her a little small for Azteca queen? I really don't know, I've been looking for an Aztec queen but I thought they were bigger (like 10mm).

[Canadian anter]

Have you considered Brachymyrmex cavernicola? Azteca sericea could be possible too.

[Jonathan21700]

I was also thinking Brachymyrmex.