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Cyphomyrmex minutus
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Susan Leach Snyder
Possibly Cyphomyrmex rimosus -
Cyphomyrmex minutus
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
February 10, 2016
Size: ~2 mm
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Contributed by
Susan Leach Snyder
on 27 February, 2018 - 3:21pm
Last updated 14 January, 2019 - 5:35pm
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Steven Wang
, 14 January, 2019 - 5:35pm
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James C. Trager
, 1 March, 2018 - 1:14pm
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The other possibility
C. minutus also possible. Maybe you can take the specimen(s) through this key and get back to us with your conclusion.
http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/Researchtaxapages/Formicidaepages/Myrmicinaekeys/Cyphomyrmex_key.html#.WphQNmrwaHv
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James C. Trager
, 1 March, 2018 - 1:12pm
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I was able
to do the measurement today. The width of the head is .75 mm. Also, the median basal groove on the first gastral tergite is at least twice as long as wide, and it has a distinct shape as shown in the last photograph. These two things seem to support the identification as Cyphomyrmex rimosus.
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Susan Leach Snyder
, 1 March, 2018 - 2:08pm
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