New Queen - poosibly Tetramorium Sp.

[seadawg84]

Size: 8mm
When: 8am EST on June 11th 2023
Where: Walking around on my back patio in a town in Northern Indiana
Appearance: Dark brown/black-ish. She has two petiole nodes and some small spikes.
Behaviour: After being in the test tube for over 20 minutes, she was calm and sitting on the cotton ball that was plugging up the water and cleaning herself.

Picture(s):

https://imgur.com/LBvwH3a
https://imgur.com/FbzoDcz
https://imgur.com/F5iBSAu
https://imgur.com/akhttYE
https://imgur.com/NwoE7i9
https://imgur.com/NNrlen4

Additionally: I am thinking she looks a lot like a Tetramorium Immigrans queen, but she is 1mm longer than what research tells me max length for them is, plus, they're not supposed to have their nuptual flights until July, and it's early June. Though maybe she's Tetramorium Caespitum, and just never been documented in my state before?

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Size: 8mm
When: 8am EST on June 11th 2023
Where: Walking around on my back patio in a town in Northern Indiana
Appearance: Dark brown/black-ish. She has two petiole nodes and some small spikes.
Behaviour: After being in the test tube for over 20 minutes, she was calm and sitting on the cotton ball that was plugging up the water and cleaning herself.

Picture(s):

https://imgur.com/LBvwH3a
https://imgur.com/FbzoDcz
https://imgur.com/F5iBSAu
https://imgur.com/akhttYE
https://imgur.com/NwoE7i9
https://imgur.com/NNrlen4

Additionally: I am thinking she looks a lot like a Tetramorium Immigrans queen, but she is 1mm longer than what research tells me max length for them is, plus, they're not supposed to have their nuptual flights until July, and it's early June. Though maybe she's Tetramorium Caespitum, and just never been documented in my state before?

Immigrans are flying now in some areas. Lol 1mm is a measurement error or a source error. Who is your source? The queen I saw in California was actually 10mm

[seadawg84]

My source was AntWiki. It said that Tetramorium Immigrans queens get up to 6 or 7mm.

[antperson24]

My source was AntWiki. It said that Tetramorium Immigrans queens get up to 6 or 7mm.

That's probably just the average length. Your queen is above average!
I agree with Tetramorium immigrans.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

My source was AntWiki. It said that Tetramorium Immigrans queens get up to 6 or 7mm.

It is definitely variable more than 1mm lol. European queens maybe…