What She actually Is???

[FaranFromPakistan]

Hi I caught a queen ant on 23rd July............She is big ant...........now she have two workers and tons of broods...........but i couldn't identify her Sp. .............she is most common black ant in our country and i daily see thousands of them wandering........she is royal black with dark redish legs........these ants are minors and majors........they have one pillar between their thorax and abdomen...........the queen's abdomen is oval shape..........i confuse them between camponotus and lasuis because lasuis have comparatively smaller head while this queen have bigger head which show that they are camponotus but unlike other camponotus ants which live in wood,they live in soil...........please help in this case

BTW sorry for my english

#AntLoveForever

[Hawkeye]

Hi I caught a queen ant on 23rd July............She is big ant...........now she have two workers and tons of broods...........but i couldn't identify her Sp. .............she is most common black ant in our country and i daily see thousands of them wandering........she is royal black with dark redish legs........these ants are minors and majors........they have one pillar between their thorax and abdomen...........the queen's abdomen is oval shape..........i confuse them between camponotus and lasuis because lasuis have comparatively smaller head while this queen have bigger head which show that they are camponotus but unlike other camponotus ants which live in wood,they live in soil...........please help in this case

BTW sorry for my english

#AntLoveForever

Hey there!

Would it be possible for you to include a picture? I think there is only one species of Camponotus that is native to Pakistan, Camponotus sericeus but those have very distinct markings on their gasters, which you haven't mentioned, so I doubt it is that species.

Curiously there doesn't seem to be a huge variety of ants in your country, which actually works to your benefit as it should be easier to identify her that way. Check https://antwiki.org/wiki/Pakistan for the list.
Could she be Paratrechina longicornis?


Or maybe Tetramorium sulcinode ?

[FaranFromPakistan]

I am pretty well known of the Longicornis Specie because we find them everywhere in Pakistan............the workers of my queen are bigger than workers of Longicornis Workers but they look 9o% alike Longicornis Workers

[Hawkeye]

I am pretty well known of the Longicornis Specie because we find them everywhere in Pakistan............the workers of my queen are bigger than workers of Longicornis Workers but they look 9o% alike Longicornis Workers

Well have you looked at the Camponotus in your country?

[FaranFromPakistan]

list of ants here

1 Camponotus
2 Cardiocondyla
3 Diacamma
4 Lasius
5 Leptogenys
6 Meranoplus
7 Myrmica
8 Paratrechina
9 Paratopula
10 Proceratium
11 Rhopalomastix
12 Stenamma
13 Tetramorium
14 Tetraponera

[FaranFromPakistan]

IN DETAIL

Camponotus sericeus

Cardiocondyla mauritanica

Diacamma scalpratum

Lasius alienus
Lasius brunneus
Lasius carniolicus
Lasius hirsutus
Lasius lawarai
Lasius niger
Lasius talpa
Lasius wittmeri

Leptogenys hysterica

Meranoplus bicolor

Myrmica aimonissabaudiae
Myrmica brancuccii
Myrmica pseudorugosa
Myrmica rigatoi
Myrmica vittata
Myrmica wardi
Myrmica wittmeri

Paratrechina longicornis

Paratopula ceylonica

Proceratium confinium

Rhopalomastix species

Stenamma jeriorum

Tetramorium nursei
Tetramorium sulcinode

Tetraponera rufonigra

[FaranFromPakistan]

[FaranFromPakistan]

[antnest8]

well it's definitely not tetremorium

also Amazing nest you have it looks really nice.

[FaranFromPakistan]

my queen is 1.2 cm long