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Bi-colored Pyramid Ant (Dorymyrmex bicolor)
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Copyright © 2011
Jason R Eckberg
Bi-colored Pyramid Ant -
Dorymyrmex bicolor
Las Vegas within the Clark County Wetlands Park, Clark County, Nevada, USA
March 23, 2011
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Contributed by
Jason R Eckberg
on 23 March, 2011 - 6:07pm
Last updated 25 March, 2011 - 12:49pm
Moved
Excellent view of the propodeal conical projection that characterizes this genus (and gave it its old synonyomous name "Conomyrma").
This ID is certainly good, for the moment. There is a group of myrmecologists working on revising
Dorymyrmex
. I'm not sure when they'll be done with this work, but do know there are indications that some current "species" will end up being more than one.
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James C. Trager
, 25 March, 2011 - 12:25pm
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