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Ants at light - Novomessor cockerelli
Copyright © 2006 Martin Hauser

Ants at light - Novomessor cockerelli
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 20, 2006
These ants came in the night preying on the insects which were attracted to the light.
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Contributed by Martin Hauser on 6 May, 2006 - 4:10pm
Last updated 29 September, 2022 - 1:12pm

Moved
Moved from Spine-waisted Ants.
… James C. Trager, 10 February, 2016 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Aphaenogaster sp. - workers
These especially slender and leggy ants, are typical of the arid South West and were formerly included in the genus Novomessor. Now they constitute the cockerelli group of Aphenogaster.
… Richard Vernier, 7 May, 2006 - 5:13am login or register to post comments

 
Back to the future!
It looks like some of these ants are now back in the genus Novomessor:

http://aesa.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/02/05/aesa.sau013

Phylogenetic Analysis of Aphaenogaster Supports the Resurrection of Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 November, 2015 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot for the info!!
Thanks a lot for the info!!
… Martin Hauser, 8 November, 2015 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome Martin!
I learned about this change less than a month ago.
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 November, 2015 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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