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small elongate ant - Ponera pennsylvanica - female
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small elongate ant - Ponera pennsylvanica - Female
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 2, 2006
Size: 3.8mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 April, 2006 - 9:51pm
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 1:05pm

Ponera pennsylvanica
Our only species in this genus.
… Donald S. Chandler, 4 April, 2006 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
ant id
Don, I thought you liked beetles, not ants. Is this something you want me to save for you?
… tom murray, 5 April, 2006 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Ants for me - no.
I just pick off the easy ones. While I know them somewhat because I am the ant identifier for the state, I don't want anyone to think I REALLY want to look at them.

This one isn't common here and its colonies are small, but I have picked it up a fair number of times sifting leaf litters in southern NH, and Stefan Cover at the MCZ has been kind enough to work our ants up several times so the collection is in pretty good shape.
… Donald S. Chandler, 6 April, 2006 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Ponerinae (tribe Ponerini) - worker
Nice shot showing the typical habitus of an ant of this group. They are among the rare dark ants to have so small compound eyes.
This one could well be Ponera itself, although other genera like Hypoponera and Cryptopone cannot be excluded.
… Richard Vernier, 3 April, 2006 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

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