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Brachymyrmex sp. - Which one? - Brachymyrmex patagonicus - female
Copyright © 2013 Alexander Mohn

Brachymyrmex sp. - Which one? - Brachymyrmex patagonicus - Female
West Lake Hills, Travis County, Texas, USA
Size: Just over 4mm
This is a Brachymyrmex species queen that I caught a while back, around 9/22/2013. Her first worker just eclosed.
Her thorax and head are redder than they appear in the pictures. Ideally I'd like to get her down to species. I know this is a really difficult genus to get to species so I understand if you cannot.

I presume it is one of the introduced ones, but this genus is difficult, especially the queens...

Fortunately, because this is a captive colony in my care, I will have some workers to use for ID later.

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Brachymyrmex sp. - Which one? - Brachymyrmex patagonicus - female Brachymyrmex sp. - Brachymyrmex patagonicus - female Brachymyrmex sp. - Brachymyrmex patagonicus - female
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Contributed by Alexander Mohn on 21 November, 2013 - 7:04pm
Last updated 22 November, 2013 - 2:51pm

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