Re: Name that Ant #144 (5 June 2011)
Obviously some sort of myrmicine... Is it a Myrmica or Manica???California has way too many ant species, and I hate myrmicines XD
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You're a man after my own (myrmcological) heart, Jason -- Formicines rule! But how do we know this ant isn't from Poland?
View ArticleRe: Name that Ant #144 (5 June 2011)
I'll guess Manica rubida. Of course, it would help if we knew where this ant comes from and how big it is.H
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If this is the North American west there can only be four different Manica species if I'm correct. I can narrow it down pretty close from that if this is in fact North America, so I will guess Manica...
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Those could be Pogonomyrmex. It really would help to know where they are from.H
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I'm thinking Messor smithi. The mesosoma of Pogonomyrmex is more blocky whereas these ants have an indentation in the mesosoma, plus these have rather large eyes for harvester ants.
View ArticleRe: Name that Ant #144 (5 June 2011)
I'm good with Messor, but leaning toward a different species.
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Any other guesses? This has been going for a while already.
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I think, based on general shininess, and apparently short propodeal spines, that this is M. smithi, but it is possible the pictures just don't show the spines well and this is the Santa Cruz Island...
View ArticleRe: Name that Ant #144 (5 June 2011)
I think Jason got it first. This is Messor smithi, photographed in Carrizo Mountains near Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. Good work!
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Oh yay. Though antdude was the first of all of us to realize this was a harvester ant
View ArticleRe: Name that Ant #144 (5 June 2011)
Well yeah -- with a tell-tale seed in the first picture! Nice one Marek, one I haven't seen in the field.
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Thanks for postin this, Marek!MarekB 5 pointsJason 20 pointsDoctorant 10 pointsH
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