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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) » Army Ants (Dorylinae) » Army Ants (Ecitonini) » Common Army Ants (Neivamyrmex) » Neivamyrmex swainsonii
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Another army ant? - Neivamyrmex swainsonii
Copyright © 2012 margarethe brummermann

Another army ant? - Neivamyrmex swainsonii
Picture Rocks, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 6, 2012

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Another army ant? - Neivamyrmex swainsonii Another army ant? - Neivamyrmex swainsonii Another army ant? - Neivamyrmex swainsonii
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 12 July, 2012 - 6:19pm
Last updated 12 July, 2012 - 8:58pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2012 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Based on these images I would
Based on these images I would call it Neivamyrmex swainsonii. For many years the worker of this species was unknown but is known to be the species once known as Neivamyrmex fallax.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 12 July, 2012 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Gordon
interesting. I think I saw the workers of the ants in Pearce, but I have never seen the ones at my house (the sp above)
… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2012 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

 
The workers of this species a
The workers of this species are typically yellow in color and largely subterranean. I have most often found them under rocks. If you found any army ants above ground the most likely suspects are N. nigrescens and N. texanus but others are possible. Here is a link to the most recent work on U. S. Army ants if you have not seen it.

http://armyants.org/festschrift/usneiva.pdf
… Gordon C. Snelling, 12 July, 2012 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
That's a group that still
offers a lot of questions. Thank you for the fascinating paper
… margarethe brummermann, 12 July, 2012 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

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