Queen IDs|South Florida

[AntsAreAwesome]

So I found three different species of queens. Southern most Florida. All were found on the pavement, except the Pheidole(I think) that was found right outside my door. I live in a Suburban. The first queen, suspected Pheidole, is about 6-8 mm(could not get her to sit still but I think 7 mm). Second queen is, I am 99% sure, a RIFA queen. The third is a brachymyrmex. I wanted to see if I was correct. I mostly want an ID on the suspected pheidole moerens. In the pics I noticed the Pheidole kinda of looks like the RIFA, but trust me they are two very different sizes in person. The other two I am sure of but you could always reassure me Note: sorry for the somewhat pixelated photos. I had to use my iPhone 7 camera because I don't have a macro lens for my Nikon. If you need different photos let me know and I will see what I can do. Thanks!

First queen pics(suspected pheidole 6-8mm):
https://postimg.org/image/okgwa9lsb/
https://postimg.org/image/s2ahtsmrd/
https://postimg.org/image/adjii80gj/
https://postimg.org/image/o8pz8m0hr/

This is the other queen I caught not to long ago of the same species I think(suspected pheidole):
https://postimg.org/image/7m699jje1/

This is the RIFA(approx.10mm?):
https://postimg.org/image/5m88p45ut/

And Lastly the Brachymyrmex(4-5mm):
https://postimg.org/image/ad5ucf7qn/

Also wanted to add to please tell me if the first queen is fully-claustral or semi?

[Martialis]

The last is a Brachymyrmex patagonicus.

[AntsAreAwesome]

The last is a Brachymyrmex patagonicus.

Ok thanks. I'm not really looking forward to these ants as they are REALLY small. I used to have a colony of these but they died. I would really like to know what the first queen is though...?

[Martialis]

If you could get more photos of the first one from different angles, that would be nice. Pretty sure it's Dorymyrmex.

[AntsAreAwesome]

If you could get more photos of the first one from different angles, that would be nice. Pretty sure it's Dorymyrmex.

Alright I will do it a little later today. I looked up some pics of dorymyrmex and they seem to have much bigger abdomens to body size than my queen does. Also, the only dorymyrmex I could find that lives where I'm at is Brunei. Not saying your wrong I just wanted to add those two things. The reason why I thought pheidole moerens is because it matches the length, lives down here, and has the same color and body shape. I will attach a pic of a moeren to see if you agree.

https://postimg.org/image/5ygxrlpgt/

[Martialis]

Florida is one of the most diverse states for Dorymyrmex.

[AntsAreAwesome]

Ok so here are some more angles. I think they might be better because these were taken when there was daylight. Also, is that an egg I see in the last one?

https://postimg.org/image/kt11970hh/
https://postimg.org/image/nbmq9vm7p/
https://postimg.org/image/kvkww1451/
https://postimg.org/image/611dez0vp/
https://postimg.org/image/jj89r9d11/
https://postimg.org/image/g0w9uvc51/

[Martialis]

I'm sticking with my ID.

The second may be Formica, but more photos are needed.

[AntsAreAwesome]

I'm sticking with my ID.

The second may be Formica, but more photos are needed.

Wait, I didn't know Formica lived in south Florida
But ok I'll get more photos.

https://postimg.org/image/45jy95c71/
https://postimg.org/image/uf50rxy4d/
https://postimg.org/image/ypjonj37h/
https://postimg.org/image/3jzkqs6il/

[Batspiderfish]

What is the feature suggesting Dorymyrmex? It looks to me like AAA was right in their initial guesses.

AntsAreAwesome: Now that you are familiar with making proper ID posts, please take a gander at embedding photos so that we don't need to copy past links for dozens of images.

http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2166