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GOCAMPONOTUS second try at C.sansabeanus

Started By GOCAMPONOTUS , Apr 17 2024 3:45 PM

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#1 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted April 17 2024 - 3:45 PM

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About a week back I bought 1 C.sansabeanus queen from antopiausa and then I went down to san jose and found another.

queen A: 10 eggs 2 larva

queen B: 7 eggs 3 larva

Currently keeping
1.Camponotus vicinus. 5 workers
2.Camponotus modoc. 5 workers
3. Camponotus hyatti. 1 worker
4.Veromessor pergandei. founding
5 Linepithema humile. 70-100 workers 5 queens
6. Pheidole Californica. 65 workers
I want: Atta,Myrmecia,Myrmica,Myrmecocystus

#2 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 17 2024 - 8:00 PM

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The one from San Jose, CA isn't C. sansabeanus.

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#3 Online bmb1bee - Posted April 17 2024 - 8:19 PM

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Likely vicinus or semitestaceus... unless if it's one of those weird undescribed species.

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#4 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 17 2024 - 8:22 PM

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"True" C. semitestaceus doesn't occur anywhere near San Jose - they're all undescribed in the area.

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#5 Online bmb1bee - Posted April 17 2024 - 8:27 PM

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"True" C. semitestaceus doesn't occur anywhere near San Jose - they're all undescribed in the area.

What is characteristic of true C. semitestaceus? The fall flying ones in my San Jose spot are likely undescribed then.

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#6 Offline ReignofRage - Posted April 17 2024 - 8:43 PM

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"True" C. semitestaceus is the large, spring flying species of the Sierra Nevadas. The original description used specimens from Plumas Co. and San Jacinto Mountain. Snelling (1970) then restricted this to just Plumas County. From what I have been able to figure out, in comparison to C. us-ca02, majors are a little smaller and gynes are a hair smaller. I had a colony of what I pressume was of the type species. From my own comparisons of specimens from San Jacinto Mnt and the Sierra Nevadas, they are not the same and Snelling (1970) is valid.

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