Ants_MG_8469 - Stenamma brevicorne

Moved

Moved from Stenamma.

… James C. Trager, 5 November, 2010 - 11:58am

A common eastern US sp...

with this coloring and hairiness is Stenamma brevicorne, in any case more likely than S. meridionale from that northern location.

… James C. Trager, 1 April, 2010 - 12:48pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 9 February, 2010 - 8:57pm

Dr Alex Wild says: "definitely a Stenamma species. ...

"...Can't say which species, though."

now, i don't know which classif. is followed in the Guide -- in terms of Stenamma vs Aphaenogaster treatment, so i'm hesitant to make the new genus page and will leave it to those familiar with BG ant section

… v belov, 9 February, 2010 - 8:38am

I would have to agree with Al

I would have to agree with Alex. Stenamma, but beyond that is anyone's guess.

… Gordon C. Snelling, 9 February, 2010 - 7:10pm

Assuming the distribution cha

Assuming the distribution chart I'm working on is right. Stenamma meridionale and Stenamma schmitti are the only two found in the North East USA that have enough hair on their body. Stenamma meridionale is what I would bet money on.

… MrILoveTheAnts, 9 February, 2010 - 8:46pm

I really want to say yes. I r

I really want to say yes. I really do, but all that hair on the abdomen is throwing me off. Also the eye seems a bit small. I'm at a lose. Let's see what an expert says.

… MrILoveTheAnts, 7 February, 2010 - 3:36pm

I'm at a lose too

You were right to be mistrustful, because this small Myrmicine Ant is definitely no Pavement Ant. Tetramorium caespitum, among other differences - like the hairy metasoma you point out - has a distinctly broader postpetiolus, even seen from this angle.
But what is it, then? I can'tell even the tribe and can't (yet) see any possibility. No Leptothoracini, no Stenamma sp., no Myrmecina sp. (to quote ants with similar habitus) is all what I can say. Advice of a North American expert is badly needed.

… Richard Vernier, 9 February, 2010 - 6:39am