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Unknown wasp - Pheidole
Copyright © 2015 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown wasp - Pheidole
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
April 7, 2015
Size: 3.5 mm
This tiny wasp was captured in a yellow bowl trap. It has extremely large ocelli, indicating that it is likely nocturnal.

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 7 April, 2015 - 8:16pm
Last updated 10 April, 2015 - 8:20am

Moved
Probably the very abundant introduced species Ph*moerens
… James C. Trager, 10 April, 2015 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for
the probable species ID. I am totally confused by the size of its compound eyes and ocelli, as well as its rounded face. None of those characteristics seemed to fit the Pheidole moerens you have identified for me before. Are the drones that much different from the other casts in that species? To me it looks a lot like Myrmelachista of Costa Rica that I found in an online key. Myrmelachista lauropacifica has “Ocelli large, width of median ocellus greater than distance between median and lateral ocellus; petiolar dorsum with conspicuous tuft of erect setae.”

But, Dr. Trager I am certainly not an expert and you are… I am just really confused. I will post a few more photographs that I just took.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 18 April, 2015 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 9 April, 2015 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Maybe it is a male
drone, ant??
… john and jane balaban, 7 April, 2015 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes. Good catch!
In looking at the antennae, they are "elbowed." Thanks.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 7 April, 2015 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

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