ID update, i have new macro lens trying to get maybes into "THAT"

[Bierschneeman]

5mm would indeed make her Forelius.

thank you again.

do you have a suggestion for where i can find a key for Forelius. my objective is to learn all i can.

meanwhile, what about my Solenopsis, ants. is my firm ID, of invicta correct.
Louisiana, 7mm
two petiole nodes (no petiole process) no spines
overlapped mesonotum,

10 antennae segments, two antennael club segments.


four mandible teeth, three cypeal teeth


tell me if i missed a step or mistook a key. are these Solenopsis invicta, is there more to look at?

i appreciate this a lot. batfishspider.

[Bierschneeman]

ohh in case you had more to say on the Forelius.
new, better picture.

is that a toothless sabre like mandible ( i know nothing of Forelius key)

also ant six still wont let me take a good picture, cant get a clear shot at the absence of petiole process, she still has two cypeal teeth, and this image looks like only three mandible teeth
no im not arguing, i just like being thorough in my confirmations and she wont give up her secrets