Queen ant identification

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AntLoverSLO
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Queen ant identification

Post: # 52188Post AntLoverSLO
Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:20 pm

*This is a re-post, because the original was completely ignored*

I have caught a queen ant and need help identifying her species.
She is 6 mm long and was cought on 6. september 2018, on my balcony.
I was expecting she would have some larvae by now, but she only has a few eggs (she has them for a few weeks now already and doesn't give them much attention).
Could it be, that she is unfertilized? I find that very unlikely, since there were alot of dead males around, when I found her and she broke off her wings, a few seconds after I picked her up (She did it on my hand, it was soo cute :P ).
I am keeping her in a test tube setup at the moment, but if her species requires any special setup please tell me.

All the pictures are on this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yNBVXvYP9zlypS8KModMwJ0iAMl9H-uo?usp=sharing

Thank you for your help! :)

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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 52198Post cheetawolf
Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:11 am

im thinking tetramoruim caispitum but the gasters too big.. can you get a top view of the ant? doesnt need to be very clear
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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 52209Post Boomdale
Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:41 am

Was also thinking Tetramorium Sp.
Nylanderia Sp.
Pheidole Sp.

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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 52222Post JoeHostile1
Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:25 am

Looks like tetramorium, but that gastor looks way too big. Can you see if that queen has a double petiole? If not than it’s not tetramorium.
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Tetramorium immigrans * Lasius Neoniger * Lasius Claviger * Messor Aciculatus * Myrmica Rubra * Camponotus Novaeboracensis * Camponotus Turkastanus * Pheidole Pallidula

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Re: Queen ant identification

Post: # 52250Post AntLoverSLO
Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:02 am

I also think she is tetramorium, since she appears to have a double petiole.
But why doesn't she have any larvae or eggs (the eggs, that she had, have disappeared)?

Anyway, here are the extra pics:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6hiT8FSoLZROFnZTXhujtTgWVhmdpND/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AbqtHYU-s5Jp6YuK9B1wQ9sWXxmsSihe/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ukrq8rIFBFiDMI4oQFWYK2G3s88RDQyk/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for your help!
(Btw. sorry for a late reply, I was very busy)

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