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Big black ant - Pachycondyla villosa
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Big black ant - Pachycondyla villosa
Elm Creek, along Rte. 90, Texas, USA
July 13, 2008
Size: ~15 mm

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 October, 2008 - 4:39pm
Last updated 3 October, 2008 - 8:49pm

A lovely, large ant!
Pachycondyla villosa is a widely distributed Neotropical species that enters southern Texas. It has many congeners in the Tropics, but only this one and P. harpax make it north of Mexico. P. chinensis and P. stigma are two smaller species that occur in the southeastern US, but both appear to be introduced.
… James C. Trager, 21 October, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants. Thank you both!
… Charley Eiseman, 3 October, 2008 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

Panther Ant
http://bugguide.net/node/view/145522
...I believe... :/
… Jonas Insinga, 3 October, 2008 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Right guess
This is indeed a worker of the Panther Ant (Pachycondyla villosa, Ponerinae).
… Richard Vernier, 3 October, 2008 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

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