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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) » Army Ants (Dorylinae) » Army Ants (Ecitonini) » Common Army Ants (Neivamyrmex)
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Formicidae - Neivamyrmex - male
Copyright © 2012 Jerry Wilson

Formicidae - Neivamyrmex - Male
March, Dallas County, Missouri, USA
August 24, 2012
Size: 11 mm
From mercury vapor & UV lights. I thought it was a male ant at first. Pseudomethoca or Timulla, possibly?
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Contributed by Jerry Wilson on 26 August, 2012 - 10:58am
Last updated 30 August, 2012 - 7:07pm

Moved
On second thought, it would have to be Neivamyrmex, since Nomamyrmex and Labidus only get as far north as Texas as far as I am aware.

Moved from Army Ants.
… George Waldren, 30 August, 2012 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Embarassing!
Wow. The head did look like Formicidae, but some of the mutillids have small heads and antennae like this one's. I had no idea I had army ants around my farm. And this is a male, I presume? So, the petiole would be the key feature? Many thanks George!
… Jerry Wilson, 30 August, 2012 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't be!
These can look similar to mutillids.

Many male ants have a large scutum (the largest dorsal sclerite of the thorax). This one's thorax (typically called the mesosoma by hymenopterists) is so huge it makes the head and legs look puny. No other aculeates are as strangely proportioned as male ants.

The presence of a long scape only applies to female ants. Males are entirely different, and may have a short scape.
… George Waldren, 30 August, 2012 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

Male army ant
Likely Neivamyrmex.

Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 30 August, 2012 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah, i suspected that
thanks George
… v belov, 30 August, 2012 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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