Name that Ant #149 (22 January 2012) in Old Name That Ant (NTA) Forum

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Name that Ant #149 (22 January 2012)

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PHiL	Name that Ant #149 (22 January 2012)		Lead	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 01/22/2012 6:36 AM	The first NTA of this year is glittering golden What could this be? For sure this ant is from Sri Lanka. Easy one, I think. Greetings, Phil my blog
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Harpegnathos		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1349 01/22/2012 8:01 AM U.S. Army VeterANT/Soldier	I think this ant may be found from South Asia to Senegal.... H
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Teleutotje		#2	[url]	[-]
TAFAMF Addict Posts: 2435 01/22/2012 8:36 AM LibrariANT	One of the Formicinae, Camponotini... I think a certain species of Camponotus but I'm not sure if it is the species I've got in my mind... For a species-list of Sri Lanka (most recent I found until now!), see page 43ff in http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2006-030.pdf . Teleutotje " Tell-oo-toat-yeh " " I am who I am , I think ... "
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Doctorant		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3789 01/22/2012 10:27 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant	If a formicine, where is the acidopore?
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Mrmacophyl		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4541 01/22/2012 11:01 AM Soldier Ant and Doc.	My first thought was a Polyrhachis sp. "Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian."
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Cantiacus		#5	[url]	[-]
Adult Worker Ant Posts: 215 01/22/2012 11:26 AM	I think this is the same species I found at Bangalore, India only last week! If it is I predict it has a shelf-like propodeum with the same golden hairs?
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Harpegnathos		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1349 01/24/2012 1:17 PM U.S. Army VeterANT/Soldier	Doctorant wrote: If a formicine, where is the acidopore? This ant (or at least the ant I think this is) has a distinctly formicine appearance, but no visible acidopore. Haven't we seen that before somewhere? H
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PHiL		#7	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 01/25/2012 6:25 AM	Okay, this seems to be more difficult than I expected, no species suggestions. It's time for a full view picture, I think. Here you are. Grüße, Phil my blog
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Cantiacus		#8	[url]	[-]
Adult Worker Ant Posts: 215 01/25/2012 6:45 AM	Sorry I don't know the rules of this game. It seemed like people give hints rather than a straight out species declaration and so I did the same. I think the species is Camponotus sericeus. Golden hairs on gaster and propodeum and narrow box-shaped propodeum.
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Harpegnathos		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1349 01/25/2012 7:36 AM U.S. Army VeterANT/Soldier	Yes, we all talk around it, but no one wants to answer right away because we don't want to give it away before others can guess. Camponotus sericeus has appeared before as an NTA. This is a handsome ant. As noted in NTA #78, this acidopore on this species is not visible. H
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PHiL		#10	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 01/25/2012 8:04 AM	Haha, I see, you are all just too modest (in a polite way), I think Everyone is guessing, but no one wants to speak it out. Tomorrow I'll post a picture of the queen. Greetings, Phil my blog
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Cantiacus		#11	[url]	[-]
Adult Worker Ant Posts: 215 01/25/2012 10:55 AM	Haha. It did seem almost like bad form to guess the species right away. That's why I held off to give others a chance to guess, as 'H' says. Not that I'm necessarily correct . I thought I was being subtle in my first post but PHiL didn't seem to take the hint... I'll have to think of something more creative next time!
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Doctorant		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3789 01/25/2012 2:47 PM Doc. and Soldier Ant	Cantiacus - You picked up on this correctly. We try not to rush to a final ID, so as to give people a chance to discuss and dig up clues. But, it was around for several days with not much movement, so it's all good.
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Cantiacus		#13	[url]	[-]
Adult Worker Ant Posts: 215 01/26/2012 5:58 AM	Digging up clues... Yes, I completely missed your clue about the retractable acidopore!
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PHiL		#14	[url]	[-]
Major Worker Ant Posts: 315 01/26/2012 6:01 AM	So it is. Queen: Isn't she just beautiful? Greetings, Phil my blog
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Harpegnathos		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1349 01/26/2012 7:22 PM U.S. Army VeterANT/Soldier	Phil, that is a beautiful ant! Thank you for posting this. Points: Cantiacus: 15 Teleutotje: 10 Phil: 5 H
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antdude		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 31200 01/26/2012 7:55 PM Borg Ant, Your Forum Overlord & Basic English Cop/Enforcer/Police.	Harpegnathos wrote: Phil, that is a beautiful ant! Thank you for posting this. Points: Cantiacus: 15 Teleutotje: 10 Phil: 5 H Wow, that was only four days. Quote of the Week: Have I told you how much I like ants, huh? Especially fried in a subtle blend of mech fluid and grated gears?" --Rampage to Inferno, "Transmutate" (S2E10) in Transformers (Beast Wars). 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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bobdol		#17	[url]	[-]
Minor Worker Ant Posts: 167 01/29/2012 9:23 AM	Man I could of got this one as well:/!
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