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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 » Crematogastrini » Myrmecina » Myrmecina americana
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small ant - Myrmecina americana
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small ant - Myrmecina americana
Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
April 21, 2006
Size: 3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 April, 2006 - 11:14pm
Last updated 1 April, 2010 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Myrmecina.
Thanks James. I'll have to find another one of these ants, and get a better picture.
… tom murray, 1 April, 2010 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Me, too!
To wit: http://bugguide.net/node/view/380975
… James C. Trager, 2 April, 2010 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Myrmicinae: Myrmecina
Specifically, this is the widely distributed Myrmecina americana. There are one or two undescribed species in NA, too, but this is the one people usually encounter, typically as singletons or a few extracted from forest litter.
… James C. Trager, 1 April, 2010 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

Myrmecina sp. - worker (Myrmicinae)
Overall habitus, color and broad, sulcate thorax match perfectly with one of these discrete ants.
… Richard Vernier, 22 April, 2006 - 5:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Richard
for all the identifications. I go to different types of habitat all over New England, so I keep seeing more species of ants, and all the other insects and spiders.
… tom murray, 22 April, 2006 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

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