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Hello everyone,

On June I caught this queen. Since then, I have been taking care of her. Now the colony has 15 workers, but I don't know what species they are.
The queen has about 5 mm long, red-dark color. The workers are brownish-transparent, about 3 mm long. No majors, all are the same size, they only eat insects and sugarwater, sometimes honey. I tried other foods but they don't accept.
Here are some photos, sorry for the quality but they are so tiny, it is very difficult to take good images.
The colony is living in a test tube, and it is a mess, very dirty. There is a new one connected, but they are not willing to move.

Link for the photos:
https://imgur.com/a/naZUR

If someone could help me to identify them, I would be very grateful.

Hm. I dont know. Maybe one of our ID experts can help out.

Looks like Tapinoma sp.

Or Technomyrmex Sp.

Technomyrmex queens are almost the same size as their workers.

Thank you all for the help!

I searched for Tapinoma species in Sao Paulo and the only I found is called Tapinoma atriceps, but there are few photos to compare them , but I'm very happy with Tapinoma sp.
Can Tapinoma ants really have multiple queens? So... Will this colony produce more queens?