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Ant - Aphaenogaster - female
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Ant - Aphaenogaster - Female
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 30, 2007
Size: ~ 5 mm
I broke into an ant colony while searching for wood-boring insects in a well-rotted log. This is one of several individuals that I sampled from the colony. Can anybody point me towards an ID past family level?

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 4 July, 2007 - 10:56pm
Last updated 7 July, 2007 - 10:36am

Thanks for the help, Richard.
These ants do look quite elegant with their long, slender appendages. Moved from Ants.
… Stephen Luk, 7 July, 2007 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Aphaenogaster sp. - workers
Virtually clubless antennae and slender, leggy outline are the hallmarks for this genus. Here a member of the Attomyrma subgenus, where these features are not as strongly developped as in subgenus Aphaenogaster (whose member occur only in the South).
… Richard Vernier, 7 July, 2007 - 4:42am login or register to post comments

Myrmicinae.
The subfamily is Myrmicinae, as evidenced by the two nodes on the petiole.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 July, 2007 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Myrmicinae
That's what I keyed through, using an internet key ... good to get confirmation on that. As always, thanks Eric.
I think I'll leave the images here in case some other expert would like to chime in too.
… Stephen Luk, 5 July, 2007 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

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