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[Ferox_Formicae]

 

Ponera Pennsylvanica is a species I also want to keep. I like all ponerine ants because of their unique body shape, and especially P. pennsylvanica for the fact that it's semi-claustral (or so i've heard. can someone verify?)

Um... pretty much all ponerinae are semi claustral. P. pennsylvanica is probably the least interesting ponerinae out there.

 

I mean, I'd rather keep them than most of the Hypoponera species here (except for H. inexorata). They're actually bigger and more elongated than Hypoponera species. Luckily for me, South Carolina has a few more Ponerine species. Cryptopone gilva and likely Odontomachus brunneus both live in SC (Odontomachus brunneus hasn't actually been found in SC, but has been found a few miles south of the border). We also have Gnamptogenys triangularis which isn't actually a Ponerine, rather an Ectatommine, but was once classified as a Ponerine.

[Antennal_Scrobe]

Pseudomyrmex gracilis. There are ants I like better, like Rhytidoponera or the Old World Gnamptogenys, but I'm pretty sure that USDA can only grant permits to species found within the US. 

[camponotuskeeper]

If i could have any ant species i would have Polyrhachis Bihamata or the fish hook ant, it looks super cool. Also my dream gernera is any crematogaster species, these ants have always fascinated me

[CampoKing]

And I thought protist taxonomy was hard... ant taxonomy looks a lot worse 

As a Camponotus fan, I spent six months figuring out that there's 50-52 species of Camponotus in North America. The trouble is with active hybridization happening in Florida (the "tortuganus complex"), which creates a fuzzy area in an official count.

[Ferox_Formicae]

 

And I thought protist taxonomy was hard... ant taxonomy looks a lot worse 

As a Camponotus fan, I spent six months figuring out that there's 50-52 species of Camponotus in North America. The trouble is with active hybridization happening in Florida (the "tortuganus complex"), which creates a fuzzy area in an official count.

 

Oh man, Camponotus "tortuganus" taxonomy is messy. I've talked to both James Wetterer and Mark Deyrup about it, and both of them are still confused about its classification.

[Nare]

 

New York has Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (they moved it to a new genus just recently, so it's called something else that I can't remember). It's not quite Atta or Acromyrmex scale, but interesting nonetheless. I expect they'd be pretty rare, though they inhabit rather specific environments from what I remember, so finding them might not be too difficult.

No, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis was not moved to a different genus. It's still Trachymyrmex. Other Trachymyrmex species were moved to such genera as Mycetomoellerius and Paratrachymyrmex, among others.

 

Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying.

[Antennal_Scrobe]

In fact, as the type species of Trachymyrmex, T. septentrionalis defines the genus and will always be a part of it as long as the name is not somehow discovered to be invalid.

[NickAnter]

I am probably the only one who wants this ant, but here it is. Lasius fuliginosus.

[ponerinecat]

I am probably the only one who wants this ant, but here it is. Lasius fuliginosus.

I would like it too, really nice looking ants. Def not at the top of my list though.

[NickAnter]

What I really like about them is the carton making and head shape.  Not to mention they have gigantic colonies and are parasitic.

[CheetoLord02]

I would kill for a colony of Polyrhachis ypsilon. Polyrhachis is one of my favorite genera, and ypsilon is easily the coolest species. Too bad there's no records of a captive colony in general, let alone for trade.

[rbarreto]

Gigantiops destructor

[Ferox_Formicae]

I would kill for a colony of Polyrhachis ypsilon. Polyrhachis is one of my favorite genera, and ypsilon is easily the coolest species. Too bad there's no records of a captive colony in general, let alone for trade.

One, what kind of a name is that, and two...HOLY CRAP THAT IS THE MOST GORGEOUS CAMPONOTINE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

[TennesseeAnts]

I would kill for a colony of Polyrhachis ypsilon. Polyrhachis is one of my favorite genera, and ypsilon is easily the coolest species. Too bad there's no records of a captive colony in general, let alone for trade.

One, what kind of a name is that, and two...HOLY CRAP THAT IS THE MOST GORGEOUS CAMPONOTINE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

An ant Ferox hasn't heard of? Omg I just be dreaming.

[Ferox_Formicae]

 

 

I would kill for a colony of Polyrhachis ypsilon. Polyrhachis is one of my favorite genera, and ypsilon is easily the coolest species. Too bad there's no records of a captive colony in general, let alone for trade.

One, what kind of a name is that, and two...HOLY CRAP THAT IS THE MOST GORGEOUS CAMPONOTINE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

An ant Ferox hasn't heard of? Omg I just be dreaming.

 

There are a lot of ants I haven't heard of. Over 18,000 named described species alone, and there are bound to be a few even I haven't heard of.

[FSTP]

If I could have any ant I woudl get Colobopsis schmitzi and have it live in a giant Nepenthes bicalcarata. I've grown bicals before they're not challenging at all so it would be fun to have a colony of ants living in it.

[ANTdrew]

If I could have any ant I woudl get Colobopsis schmitzi and have it live in a giant Nepenthes bicalcarata. I've grown bicals before they're not challenging at all so it would be fun to have a colony of ants living in it.

That sounds awesome. I would keep Oecophylla in my big indoor ficus tree.

[rbarreto]

Also Allomerus decemarticulatus. I know these would be impossible to keep but they are literally the coolest ants ever.

[Canadian anter]

Tetramorium pulcherrimum

[ANTdrew]

Also Allomerus decemarticulatus. I know these would be impossible to keep but they are literally the coolest ants ever.

Just messin’ with you, but how is an Amazonian ant literally the coolest?