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Species Brachymyrmex species-d - Tiny Queen Brachymyrmex

Brachymyrmex species D - Brachymyrmex species-d - female Brachymyrmex species D - Brachymyrmex species-d - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Myrmelachistini
Genus Brachymyrmex (Rover ants)
Species species-d (Tiny Queen Brachymyrmex)
Other Common Names
Brachymyrmex sp. -04
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
This is a page for the undescribed Brachymyrmex of which only queens have been collected. It is sp.-04 in this key.
Mark Deyrup calls this undescribed species "species D" in his Ants of Florida book.(1)
Identification
These queens are very small and only slightly larger than workers of Brachymyrmex depilis, in contrast to B. depilis queens which are much larger.
Range
Overlaps with the range of B. depilis, but distribution is not fully known at this time due to how rarely it is collected.
Life Cycle
Could be an inquiline of Brachymyrmex depilis.
Internet References
MSState
Works Cited
1.Ants of Florida: Identification and Natural History
Mark Deyrup. 2016. CRC Press .
Contributed by Steven Wang on 18 June, 2019 - 11:57pm

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