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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) » Formicinae » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » exsecta group (Formica exsecta group) » Allegheny Mound Ant (Formica exsectoides)
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Alleghany Mound Ant - Formica exsectoides
Copyright © 2013 tom murray

Alleghany Mound Ant - Formica exsectoides
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 19, 2013
This ant was from a slightly raised mound 4 feet across and 6 inches high.
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Contributed by tom murray on 19 May, 2013 - 9:08pm
Last updated 20 May, 2013 - 7:50am

Moved
Moved from Ants.
Thanks for the help.
… tom murray, 20 May, 2013 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

I would say yes (Formica exsectoides, worker)
Based on slightly concave vertex and steep first urotergite (this one is more smoothly rounded in both rufa and sanguinea groups).
Pallidefulva-group species are much slenderer ants.
… Richard Vernier, 20 May, 2013 - 4:02am login or register to post comments

Formica
Pretty sure Formica given the profile (the "broken back"). Maybe Formica pallidefulva? (wait for an expert)
… Seth Burgess, 19 May, 2013 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

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