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Ant alate - Myrmica fracticornis
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Ant alate - Myrmica fracticornis
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
September 15, 2007
Size: about 5 mm
Alate ant. Maybe Myrmica? If so then I think its M. spatulata based on the sites here and here.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 26 December, 2007 - 9:40pm
Last updated 21 April, 2013 - 11:54am

Moved
Moved from Myrmica.
… James C. Trager, 21 April, 2013 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Was there a revision published?
… Brad Barnd, 22 April, 2013 - 1:51am login or register to post comments

Close to spatulata
I think you're close, but this one seems to be one that, though far more abundant than spatulata in the North, is still undescribed. There's an unpublished key circulating that is the basis for this comment.
… James C. Trager, 4 May, 2009 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Myrmica.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 1 January, 2008 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

I am inclined to agree that i
I am inclined to agree that it is a Myrmica, but as for species , no way I will guess. The genus is just to messed up.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 27 December, 2007 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Hopefully it can be figured out at some point.
… Brad Barnd, 27 December, 2007 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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