Hi, I just caught this queen ant and was wondering what species it is. I caught this queen near the El Paso TX area today and I think this is a type of pheidole species but am unsure of which one specifically or if it's a different ant species all together. She has a black to very dark brown/reddish color to her and has some spines coming out of her end of her thorax. She has a very rigid/sharp figure to her. I included a picture I found online(https://www.ants-kalytta.com/Formiche-Asia.html?f=P#) of an ant queen that resembles the one I have caught but the description said it was a Pheidole sp. and that it was from Asia but not specifically which species.
Thanks.
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Queen ID El Paso TX Aug. 2019
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Queen ID El Paso TX Aug. 2019
Local Ant Colonies:
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Pheidole sp
Dorymyrmex insanus
Solenopsis sp
Crematogaster sp
Selling Ants in Fabens, Tx near El Paso, Tx
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Pheidole sp
Dorymyrmex insanus
Solenopsis sp
Crematogaster sp
Selling Ants in Fabens, Tx near El Paso, Tx
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Re: Queen ID El Paso TX Aug. 2019
They look like Atta texana leafcutter ants.
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Re: Queen ID El Paso TX Aug. 2019
No, it's an Acromyrmex sp leafcutter ant queen
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I have kept 48 species of 18 different genera of ants over the course of 3.5 years of antkeeping
For species ID, feel free to message me privately!
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Re: Queen ID El Paso TX Aug. 2019
I thought Atta had three spikes and Acromyrmex had four.
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