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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 » Lasiini » Honeypot Ants (Myrmecocystus) » subgenus Endiodioctes (Myrmecocystus subgenus Endiodioctes)
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Honey Pot Ant? - Myrmecocystus
Copyright © 2014 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Honey Pot Ant? - Myrmecocystus
Galiuro Foothills, San Pedro River Valley, SE of Mammoth, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
February 7, 2014
I would guess that this could be Myrmecocystus mendax as it looks like another ant from last year. It was found alone on sandy ground on a dry ridge. Thank you.
Any idea what the thin filaments are that seem to be attached to it's mandible?

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 14 February, 2014 - 1:43pm
Last updated 18 October, 2019 - 11:09pm

Moved
Moved from Honeypot Ants.
… Steven Wang, 18 October, 2019 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 27 May, 2014 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Yes. prbably the species you
Yes. Probably the species you say, though there are several that look close, and the necessary seta characters aren't visible. The "filaments" are the maxillary (longer) and labial palps.
… James C. Trager, 24 February, 2014 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
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