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Solenopsis invicta? - Tetramorium bicarinatum
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

Solenopsis invicta? - Tetramorium bicarinatum
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
January 26, 2008
Size: ~3 mm

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Solenopsis invicta? - Tetramorium bicarinatum Solenopsis invicta? - Tetramorium bicarinatum
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 26 January, 2008 - 10:39pm
Last updated 28 January, 2008 - 7:29pm

Amazing shots to clearley show off the propodial...
Amazing shots to clearly show off the propodial spines! That was a very informative post including several features of this species! My yard here in California has an ant, probably the same genus. My photos are not as diagnostic as these!
… HandsOff, 1 August, 2008 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… tom murray, 28 January, 2008 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Right subfamily...
...wrong genus. That's not a fire ant but another introduced species, Tetramorium bicarinatum. It differs from Solenopsis in having a more rugose integument, propodeal spines, a three-segmented antennal club (two in Solenopsis), and antennal scrobes.
… Alex Wild, 27 January, 2008 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
Thanks Alex. I wonder how many ants I pass off as fire ants. Thanks again!
… Graham Montgomery, 28 January, 2008 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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