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Name that Ant 90 (7 July 2008)
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Posts: 257 07/07/2008 12:21 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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Major Worker Ant Posts: 440 07/09/2008 4:01 PM
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Length and a better look at the petiole, clypeus, scapes, and tibiae would help. But for now I'll guess Formica pallidefulva.
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Posts: 257 07/10/2008 1:07 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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What about all those erect hairs on the mesosomal dorsum?
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Major Worker Ant Posts: 440 07/10/2008 2:36 PM
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Oh yeah, those hairs. F. pallidefulva isn't supposed to have much there. F. biophilica and F. dolosa have hairs, but the color
is wrong. So for now I'll change my guess to Formica incerta.
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Henchant Posts: 1904 07/16/2008 4:57 AM
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It's a Formica indeed but ..... I would prefer to see a frontal view of the head before I say more .....
Teleutotje
" Tell-oo-toat-yeh " " I am who I am , I think ... " |
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Posts: 257 07/16/2008 9:29 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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Teleutotje! Good to have you check in. Okay, I'm posting a view of the face:. Note that the viewing angle doesn't render a reliable head width to length ratio, but a couple of other
characters can be used safely.
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Major Worker Ant Posts: 440 07/22/2008 1:12 PM
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After seeing the face...I'm sticking with F. incerta. Can't find a good photo to compare, but I found a published revision of the group that
includes pretty good descriptions (thanks, Dr. Ant!). I should have read it before my first post
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Posts: 257 07/24/2008 11:23 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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Harpegnathos has done his homework!
This individual has a color pattern more typical of F. pallidefulva in the more northern parts of the latter's geographic range, but the pilosity pattern and relatively short scapes (for the species group) clinch the ant in the pictures asF. incerta. F. incerta more often has the gaster only slightly or only partially darker than the fore parts. |
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Major Worker Ant Posts: 440 07/27/2008 8:10 AM
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My "homework" consisted of reading this paper:
Trager, J. C., J. A. MacGown and M. D. Trager. 2007. Revision of the Nearctic endemic Formica pallidefulva group. Pages 610-636 in Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher and P. S. Ward. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E.O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80, . If you click on the title to the document, you should get the pdf version of the paper. But I also found this hyperlinked version on the Plazi website. The hyperlinked version is nice because it facilitates jumping back and forth between species. The Plazi website describes its purpose thus: "Plazi is an association supporting and promoting the development of persistent and openly accessible digital taxonomic literature. To this end Plazi will: * Maintain a digital taxonomic literature repository to enable archiving of taxonomic treatments. * Enhance submitted taxonomic treatments by creating taxonx XML versions. * Participate in the development of new models for publishing taxonomic treatments in order to maximize interoperability with other relevant cyberinfrastructure components (e.g., name servers, biodiversity resources, etc...) * Advocate and educate about the vital importance of maintaining free and open access to scientific discourse and data." People like me who aren't associated with a school but still want to do our homework need resources like this. So thanks, Dr. Ant, for writing the paper, and thanks again for making sure it resides where people like me can get at it. H
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Posts: 257 07/28/2008 12:31 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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Note that my Paratrechina revision is now available online as http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2902/2902.pdf . I expect it to be publicly linked,
and "plazi-ed" too, some day.
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Teleutotje |
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Henchant Posts: 1904 07/29/2008 5:18 AM
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Dr. Ant: Your Paratrechina-article is already a few weeks on-line. I just finished reading it this morning and must say that I hope a
worldwide revision will be published by you (nobody else I hope!).
Oh, I wasn't able for about a week to get on-line and now I'm said because the name of the Formica is already given. I wanted to guess also....
Teleutotje
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