Please ID this ant

[Applefan]

I caught her in Hong Kong, China last Sunday. She is around 1.5cm in length.

Link to photo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69V76UL2YLxOXlKU0trQzZieTg/view?usp=sharing

[Martialis]

Some sort of Ponerine. I can't tell without more, clearer photos, but I think she's a worker.

[Batspiderfish]

Some sort of Ponerine. I can't tell without more, clearer photos, but I think she's a worker.

A ponerine queen (adjective), from Ponerinae (the subfamily), will often look very worker-like. Since the photo is underexposed, it's too dark to see whether there are wing scars or not.

[Martialis]

Some sort of Ponerine. I can't tell without more, clearer photos, but I think she's a worker.

A ponerine queen (adjective), from Ponerinae (the subfamily), will often look very worker-like. Since the photo is underexposed, it's too dark to see whether there are wing scars or not.

Thanks for that lesson. I think I read somewhere that higher classifications aren't italicized. I've had a Ponera queen, and concur.

[Batspiderfish]

Some sort of Ponerine. I can't tell without more, clearer photos, but I think she's a worker.

A ponerine queen (adjective), from Ponerinae (the subfamily), will often look very worker-like. Since the photo is underexposed, it's too dark to see whether there are wing scars or not.

Thanks for that lesson. I think I read somewhere that higher classifications aren't italicized. I've had a Ponera queen, and concur.

Ah, you are right about that part. I've made a slip of my own.