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Unknown flying insect  - Neivamyrmex nigrescens

Unknown flying insect - Neivamyrmex nigrescens
New Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
October 16, 2013
Size: approx 1/2" maybe longer
Can someone identify this insect?

Thanks!
I am just thankful it wasn't a termite. Everyone kept telling me that's what it was but I was very doubtful. Thanks again for the help.

Moved
The uniform charcoal body color of this ant is what gives the species its name, meaning blackish.

Moved for expert attention & cropped; it's an ant
Moved from ID Request.

 
That's what I was hoping, but
That's what I was hoping, but I thought the antennae didn't match an ant's description. Thanks for the help.

 
indeed,
...the reproductive individuals have rather un-ant-like antennae

 
True for the males. The anten
True for the males. The antennae of the reproductive females is much like that of the workers.

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