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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 » Spine-waisted Ants (Aphaenogaster) » Tennessee Collared Ant (Aphaenogaster tennesseensis)
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6011485 ant - Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Copyright © 2006 Rob Curtis

6011485 ant - Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Ryerson CA, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 11, 2006
Size: ~3/8"
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 3 October, 2006 - 7:26pm
Last updated 15 February, 2011 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 15 February, 2011 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spine-waisted Ants.
… James C. Trager, 14 February, 2011 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Myrmicinae.
… George Waldren, 25 June, 2007 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Aphaenogaster sp. - worker
Although 3/8" seems a really large size for this genus (roughly 1 cm), there is hardly any other possibility left. Apical antennal segments, set as a kind of "rosary" rather than as a club, are fairly typical of this genus and its close relatives.
… Richard Vernier, 19 November, 2006 - 2:40am login or register to post comments

Do you have a side view??
Do you have a side view??
… Gordon C. Snelling, 4 October, 2006 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Richard. This al
I agree with Richard. This almost certainly is an Aphaenogaster, the head shape is fairly typical as well. Although I still would have liked a side view of the thing.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 19 November, 2006 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

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