queen id for a suspected Dolichoderinae

[DolichoderiBAE]

http://imgur.com/a/5nPVc ,thats my queen. she is 1cm long with 2 grey stripes on her gaster, and a dark black shell with a tiny bit of brown.

[Batspiderfish]

If you can barely even see the queen, then we can't see it either.

[DolichoderiBAE]

http://imgur.com/T7Dppo0 is this better?
shes 1cm long btw

[Batspiderfish]

Any in-focus shots of the tip of the gaster?

[DolichoderiBAE]

ok

[DolichoderiBAE]

why?

[AntsMclama]

Hes asking if you have a picture that shows the tip of the queens gaster for a better identification of the ant. One in focus preferably.

[Batspiderfish]

Dolichoderinae and Formicinae are most easily told apart by presence or absence of an acidepore. It takes a practiced eye to see one (or at least the morphology that suggests one is there).

[DolichoderiBAE]

coming right up

[DolichoderiBAE]

no ancidepore, used microscope, and my brothers a taxonomist