Name That Ant #141 (19 March 2011) in Old Name That Ant (NTA) Forum

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Name That Ant #141 (19 March 2011)

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PHiL	Name That Ant #141 (19 March 2011)		Lead	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 03/19/2011 10:34 AM	Greetings, Phil my blog
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antdude		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 31523 03/19/2011 12:28 PM Borg Ant, Your Forum Overlord & Basic English Cop/Enforcer/Police.	It is a queen. Quote of the Week: "May 10,000 ants never invade your underwear drawer." --unknown. Ant(Dude) @ The Ant Farm (Personal Web Site), Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL), and The Ant Farm and Myrmecology Forum.
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Harpegnathos		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1350 03/19/2011 2:03 PM U.S. Army VeterANT/Soldier	Thanks for posting this, Phil. Yes, it's a queen. Antdude will get 5 points. A distressed queen: She appears to be missing part of her right antenna. She is a Myrmicine, probably small. H
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antdude		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 31523 03/19/2011 2:35 PM Borg Ant, Your Forum Overlord & Basic English Cop/Enforcer/Police.	Harpegnathos wrote: Thanks for posting this, Phil. Yes, it's a queen. Antdude will get 5 points... Woohoo! Quote of the Week: "May 10,000 ants never invade your underwear drawer." --unknown. Ant(Dude) @ The Ant Farm (Personal Web Site), Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL), and The Ant Farm and Myrmecology Forum. Edited 1 time by antdude 03/19/2011 2:37 PM.
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Doctorant		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3859 03/19/2011 6:30 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant	I think I know this one, but let some others try. But I too think it's small -- You might even say minute. Edited 1 time by Doctorant 03/19/2011 6:32 PM.
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Paul from Oz		#5	[url]	[-]
Young Worker Ant Posts: 63 03/19/2011 7:02 PM	Ooh! ooh! Is she Monomorium minimum?
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Jason		#6	[url]	[-]
Loyal Worker Ant Posts: 654 03/20/2011 4:41 PM	Looks like a solenopsidin(e?), maybe Solenopsis? She looks like she has that distinctive antennal club, and her head looks otherwise very Solenopsis-like. She looks a bit hairy, so S. mameti?
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Doctorant		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3859 03/21/2011 5:15 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant	Antennal club of two segments?
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PHiL		#8	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 03/21/2011 5:24 AM	As a important hint, she was caught in Austria. Greetings, Phil my blog Edited 1 time by PHiL 03/21/2011 7:55 AM.
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antdude		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 31523 03/21/2011 7:27 AM Borg Ant, Your Forum Overlord & Basic English Cop/Enforcer/Police.	PHiL wrote: As a important hint, she was catched in austria. FYI, "... she was caught in Austria." Quote of the Week: "May 10,000 ants never invade your underwear drawer." --unknown. Ant(Dude) @ The Ant Farm (Personal Web Site), Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL), and The Ant Farm and Myrmecology Forum.
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Doctorant		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3859 03/21/2011 11:53 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant	Monomorium minimum is American. Edited 2 times by Doctorant 03/21/2011 4:18 PM.
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Paul from Oz		#11	[url]	[-]
Young Worker Ant Posts: 63 03/21/2011 3:35 PM	Doctorant wrote: Monomorium minimum is American. Had to correct my spelling, so for Paul: But keep trying Paul - Head banging won't help, and you might be on the right track. Edited 2 times by Doctorant 03/21/2011 4:19 PM.
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MrILoveTheAnts		#12	[url]	[-]
TAFAMF Addict Posts: 4654 03/21/2011 4:09 PM	Tetramorium impurum is my guess, for now. I have to say this would be brilliant if it turned out to be Tetramorium caespitum because as Americans google searching that name results in Tetramorium species E. and Tetramorium tsushimae. MrILoveTheAnt's Blog, Youtube, & "Native Plants for Honeybees" Edited 1 time by MrILoveTheAnts 03/21/2011 4:18 PM.
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Doctorant		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3859 03/21/2011 4:20 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant	Kinda smooth, don't you think, MrILTA?
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Paul from Oz		#14	[url]	[-]
Young Worker Ant Posts: 63 03/21/2011 8:50 PM	Hmmm....How about Monomorium monomorium formerly known as Monomorium minutum!?!? I think this better be my last guess for this particular NTA. But I love guessing games!
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Harpegnathos		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1350 03/21/2011 10:46 PM U.S. Army VeterANT/Soldier	I'm with Jason on this one. I think it's Solenopsis fugax. That would make her about 4mm long, with workers much smaller. H
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PHiL		#16	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 03/22/2011 3:15 AM	I think this better be my last guess for this particular NTA. Paul, there is no Monomorium species that lives naturally in Austria. So maybe you have again a guess Greetings, Phil my blog
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Doctorant		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3859 03/22/2011 3:32 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant	M. monomorium is in fact reported from Austria, but I gather it's not that. So, will you give us another view?
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PHiL		#18	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 03/22/2011 4:11 AM	As far as I know the Monomorium species that are reported from Austria live e.g. in greenhouses, but not in nature - which I meant. I wanted to give you more pictures but I can't find my camera at the moment... Greetings, Phil my blog
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Jason		#19	[url]	[-]
Loyal Worker Ant Posts: 654 03/24/2011 1:26 PM	I guess it would have to be S. fugax. Unfortunately, S. mameti is found in South Africa and Madagascar--not too close to Austria. It still looks like S. mameti though--the legs are light gray and hairless like those of S. mameti, and it doesn't have the dense fringe of hairs along the front of the mesasoma (whatever, the thorax-looking thingy) like that on S. fugax. But the unlikelihood of a Madagascan ant making its way into Austria is a bit absurd, so S. fugax it is.
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PHiL		#20	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 03/25/2011 8:36 AM	Here are more pictures. And you're right, she is small, this makes it difficult to take a good photograph of her. Greetings, Phil my blog
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