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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) » Myrmicinae » Solenopsidini » Fire Ants and Thief Ants (Solenopsis) » Fire Ants (Solenopsis Fire Ants) » Southern Fire Ant (Solenopsis xyloni)
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Solenopsis xyloni? - Solenopsis xyloni
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Solenopsis xyloni? - Solenopsis xyloni
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
November 26, 2018
Under a rock on the ground
Coordinates: 31.335442, -110.938260
Found in the same colony as this other larger specimen

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 27 November, 2018 - 1:47pm
Last updated 14 December, 2018 - 9:28am

Moved
Moved from Formica pallidefulva.
… James C. Trager, 14 December, 2018 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Formica pallidefulva.
… James C. Trager, 14 December, 2018 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 14 December, 2018 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Maybe not S. xyloni
Though I moved the larger one to that species, I'm having my doubts, and suspect this is what was called "dark aurea" in a recent paper. It is a xyloni-looking population, genetically distinct from both aurea and xyloni, apparently.
… James C. Trager, 14 December, 2018 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
You are most likely right
AntWiki describes S. xyloni as: "These ants are aggressive with a painful sting.", which was not my experience when I encountered them. I purposely allowed them to climb onto my hands and sting me. Their stings were some of the least painful (if not the mildest) sting of fire ants. The S. xyloni that I've found before had a painful sting indeed.
… Salvador Vitanza, 14 December, 2018 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

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