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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Odorous Ants (Dolichoderinae) » Leptomyrmecini » Pyramid Ants (Dorymyrmex) » Dorymyrmex flavus
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Ant - Dorymyrmex flavus
Copyright © 2010 Graham Montgomery

Ant - Dorymyrmex flavus
Falcon Dam, Zapata County, Texas, USA
July 26, 2010
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 27 July, 2010 - 6:10pm
Last updated 28 July, 2010 - 10:28am

Moved
Close inspection of the image show that both the mesonotum and propodeum are angular, typical for this widespread, mostly western species. (D. bureni, from east of the Mississippi, has a rounded or even flattened mesonotum and a broader head.

Nice image of this fairly small and fast-moving ant!
… James C. Trager, 28 July, 2010 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the ID and explanation! Great that you could get it to species.

Also, I'm curious, why are members of this genus called "pyramid ants?"
… Graham Montgomery, 28 July, 2010 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

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