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Hypoponera opacior
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Cloud Dandridge
Hypoponera inexorata -
Hypoponera opacior
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Irmo, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
November 5, 2019
Size: 3 mm
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Contributed by
Cloud Dandridge
on 7 February, 2020 - 9:08pm
Last updated 17 February, 2020 - 1:44pm
Moved
Moved from
Hypoponera opaciceps
.
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Cloud Dandridge
, 17 February, 2020 - 1:44pm
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Moved
Moved from
Hypoponera
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Steven Wang
, 12 February, 2020 - 9:10am
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Hypoponera opacior
I now agree this is not inexorata, but I do not believe this is opaciceps. opaciceps has a flat top to its petiole as opposed to the more rounded top seen in this ant.
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Cloud Dandridge
, 12 February, 2020 - 9:16am
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opacior
Sorry for the late response, you may be right. I never got very good at using the petiole character - I usually tell them apart by size and color/sculpture. You can move it to opacior if you want.
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Steven Wang
, 17 February, 2020 - 7:28am
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