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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 » Stenammini » Novomessor » Novomessor albisetosus
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unknown ants - Novomessor albisetosus
Copyright © 2012 Mark H Brown

unknown ants - Novomessor albisetosus
Florida Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 12, 2012
Size: 5-6 mm
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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 19 December, 2012 - 10:16pm
Last updated 21 December, 2012 - 9:10am

Thanks, guys!
Always appreciate the descriptive ID pointers!
… Mark H Brown, 21 December, 2012 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Relatively broad head - almost as wide as long - identifies this one. There are other differences, but that's the easy one to see in this image.

For comparison, see this image of A. cockerelli
… James C. Trager, 21 December, 2012 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

Aphaenogaster
Either A. albisetosa or A. cockerelli. I'm leaning towards albisetosa based on gestalt and lack of reflections on the back of the head, but the necessary details of sculpture aren't visible (to me at least) to be truly definitive.
Nice picture of workers at different ages and lifestages; the lighter colored one is younger and her exoskeleton hasn't hardened up yet.
… E.E, 20 December, 2012 - 3:15am login or register to post comments

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