I figured it's about time the news got here: using genetic analysis and male anatomical features, taxonomists have recognized our North American pavement ants to be Tetramorium immigrans, a species which invaded some time ago from the Mediterranean.
https://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?*****_download&view=download&filename=volume25/mn25_95-129_printable.pdf&format=raw
Tetramorium sp. E is now Tetramorium immigrans
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Tetramorium sp. E is now Tetramorium immigrans
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
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Re: Tetramorium sp. E is now Tetramorium immigrans
edit: We do have Tetramorium in North America which aren't T. immigrans (including some endemic species), but this is our most common pavement ant by far.
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
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Re: Tetramorium sp. E is now Tetramorium immigrans
OOH! Good to know!Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:02 pmedit: We do have Tetramorium in North America which aren't T. immigrans (including some endemic species), but this is our most common pavement ant by far.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Tetramorium sp. E is now Tetramorium immigrans
entreating
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)
Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)
Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)
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