South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

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South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

Post: # 20539Post BrazilianAnts
Tue May 02, 2017 7:16 pm

I found this little queen close to my garden while she mated with two males with wings on the ground. Instantly I put them all in a pot and after a while they separated. So I put them in a pen (Humble test tube) .. That was on April 26th around 3:23 p.m.

It measures something between 3mm and 5mm.

She is dark brown.

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She and one of the males.. He died yesterday
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Re: South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

Post: # 20541Post BrazilianAnts
Tue May 02, 2017 7:20 pm

I've been researching and found it looks like these ants:
-Linepithema Humile
-Crazy Ants
-Lasius Alienus
-Tapinoma Sessile.

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Re: South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

Post: # 20542Post BrazilianAnts
Tue May 02, 2017 7:21 pm

She didnt lay any egg yet.

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Re: South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

Post: # 20544Post Martialis
Tue May 02, 2017 7:45 pm

If you get a picture from the side about as close as your two dorsal shots, we can identify her.
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Re: South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

Post: # 20551Post BrazilianAnts
Tue May 02, 2017 8:49 pm

Martialis wrote:
Tue May 02, 2017 7:45 pm
If you get a picture from the side about as close as your two dorsal shots, we can identify her.
This is the maximum I got:

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Re: South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Autumn ( Little Queen )

Post: # 20578Post Martialis
Wed May 03, 2017 1:16 pm

Thanks! Brachymyrmex or Nylanderia sp.
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