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[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

I caught a queen from under a log. She looks special, I have no idea which sp. she is.
Here are images
 

Caught on 15 11 2020,in my backyard,
In india
Size.. 5 mm  Pretty small, the size of a pheidole queen.
looks to be semiclaustral I'm not sure.
Please ID this queen.

[KitsAntVa]

Looks like she is semi claustral I've caught queens like this that are basically mini ponera but never got a id for them, you should put some dirt in whenever you can and feed her dead fruit flys.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

Looks like she is semi claustral I've caught queens like this that are basically mini ponera but never got a id for them, you should put some dirt in whenever you can and feed her dead fruit flys.

Alright, although will termites be ok

[CheetoLord02]

Termites are a great feeder. This is some Ponerine species, but I can't tell which exactly.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

Hypoponera I think..

Edited by DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL, November 13 2020 - 12:54 AM.

[CheetoLord02]

As far as I know there are no black hypoponera species in India, but I might be wrong.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

As far as I know there are no black hypoponera species in India, but I might be wrong.

i don't know but only hypoponera fits the frame.

I gave her some termites and added some dirt into the test tube.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

https://www.bing.com...PRST&ajaxhist=0

here is the link where i saw a queen that looks something like my queen.

Edited by DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL, November 13 2020 - 1:10 AM.

[Manitobant]

Maybe ectomomyrmex? However it looks like a worker to me.

[Zeiss]

Follow proper ID Request format please.  It's pinned at the top of the Ant ID Request section and is very easy to find.  Help us help you.

[ponerinecat]

Ectomomyrmex worker. Very distinct genus, nothing else like it once you get used to them.

[KitsAntVa]

So I should catch some of these in a flight next year should I?

[Manitobant]

Yeah i agree with ponerinecat. I guessed it was ecto but now I'm 100% sure it is. Ponerine queens also have a much wider mesasoma than the workers.

Edited by Manitobant, November 13 2020 - 1:11 PM.

[ponerinecat]

So I should catch some of these in a flight next year should I?

Ectomomyrmex are Asian.

[ANTdrew]

So I should catch some of these in a flight next year should I?

No

[KitsAntVa]

So I should catch some of these in a flight next year should I?

Ectomomyrmex are Asian.

I didn’t know that but I guess that makes sense considering the ops location. But there is a mini ponera species or at least that’s what it looks like to me in my yard that fly around July and august and some in September.

[Manitobant]

You Probably saw brachyponera chinensis, an invasive ponerine in north America.

Edited by Manitobant, November 13 2020 - 4:00 PM.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

The worker is now digging tunnels into the substrate I gave her.