Help! Queen ant ID.

Help with identifying the species your ants

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TripleJJJ
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Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo

Help! Queen ant ID.

Post: # 57584Post TripleJJJ
Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:30 pm

Hi,

Can someone please help me ID this queen?
http://imgur.com/a/nS3MPLx
The test tube is 15mm diameter. Worried its a semi-claustral species as it seems like it's trying to leave the test tube.

Thank you in advance.

Antfan
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Location: UK

Re: Help! Queen ant ID.

Post: # 57643Post Antfan
Sun Apr 28, 2019 6:00 am

It looks like a cremogaster species. But i'm unsure if it is since I don't live in your country/region. I live in Europe so its harder to identify species from different continents.

TripleJJJ
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Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo

Re: Help! Queen ant ID.

Post: # 57655Post TripleJJJ
Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:12 am

Thank you for your response, apologies, I didn't include my location, I caught her in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo. Sadly I can't seem to find many ant keepers on Borneo Island to refer to. :(

TripleJJJ
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Re: Help! Queen ant ID.

Post: # 58101Post TripleJJJ
Fri May 10, 2019 4:24 am

I've been told that she is a colobopsis sp. Not sure if it's accurate, but i've seen some that looks very similar to her. I guess I'll need to wait for her nanitics to confirm.

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