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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) » Dorylinae » Cerapachyine Army Ants (Cerapachyini) » Acanthostichus
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Ant? - Acanthostichus
Copyright © 2011 margarethe brummermann

Ant? - Acanthostichus
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
June 7, 2011
Size: 3 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 24 June, 2011 - 8:53pm
Last updated 23 November, 2020 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Cerapachyinae.
… v belov, 31 August, 2013 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… margarethe brummermann, 30 August, 2013 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

Could be a cerapachyine ant
Three species in two genera of this subfamily occur in Arizona. Are any other views available?
… James C. Trager, 28 August, 2013 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, no
other views. Thank you both for your help. Maybe I'll find another one, it was at my home black light
… margarethe brummermann, 30 August, 2013 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Cerapachyinae
I concur with James: This is a cerapachyine. A caveat is that male cerapachyines are most easily separated at the genus-level via characters visible in profile view. That being said, I would call this an Acanthostichus given the wing venation. From the cerapachyine male material I have been able to examine Acanthostichus may be separated from the Cerapachys augustae group by the closed 1st or compound 1st + 2nd submarginal cells, which is indeed the case for the imaged specimen. The ideal additional shot, if one is available, would again be in profile view. Good find!
… Brendon E. Boudinot, 28 August, 2013 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies.
… John S. Ascher, 14 July, 2013 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 30 June, 2011 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

I'm not quite sure
side views really help to see key features on ants...
… J. Anderson, 24 June, 2011 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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