melk9: Pseudomyrmex (3. Jul 2009 19:54)

How do I take care of this specie???? Check out the picks!!! ;^)
Hugs

http://www.megagaleria.com/pictures/Pic_10212_1.jpg

http://www.megagaleria.com/pictures/Pic_10212_3.jpg

http://www.megagaleria.com/pictures/Pic_10212_5.jpg

highered: Re: Gigantiops (6. Jul 2009 14:27)

Very good pictures.

damondeionno: Re: Gigantiops (6. Jul 2009 14:48)

Umm, Melk. We aren't going to have a clue really. You can't just pick up ants from your backyard in Brazil and expect us to know what to do with them.

Where do they live in the wild? In wood? Underground? Wet? Dry? etc.

That's probably your best place to start.

derameisige: Re: Gigantiops (6. Jul 2009 16:47)

Hi melk9,

Where are the Gigantiops? - What I can see in your pics are two species of Pseudomyrmex.

derameisige

melk9: Re: Gigantiops (7. Jul 2009 15:58)

It's true, Derameisige

It's a Pseudomyrmex. But it's not two species, they are the queen and the first worker. Isn't it interesting that they have diferent colours? The queen is redish and the worker is completely black. Knowing the excat specie it will be easy to find help with the care.

Take care
Hugs

Hi melk9,

Where are the Gigantiops? - What I can see in your pics are two species of Pseudomyrmex.

derameisige

JimmyVe: Re: Pseudomyrmex (7. Jul 2009 22:01)

Don't know how to take care of these nice ants. Search a bit on the web ;)

Very nice ants to, good luck with them mate.

Messorus: Re: Pseudomyrmex (16. Jul 2009 09:12)

Hello
I was bit looking at Japan ants in this winter, found many interesting sites and all ants with anatomy like this Pseudomyrmex and also this tribe, was nesting in old branches and wood... Pseudomyrmex in Asia have nest in branches and sticks...
But lovely ants you have :P

melk9: Re: Pseudomyrmex (28. Sep 2009 16:05)

In the end I found out that this one in the picks is a Gigantiops . Very interesting ant. The colony had some problems but the queen is doing fine.

Hugs

derameisige: Re: Pseudomyrmex (28. Sep 2009 17:22)

Sorry melk9, but Gigantiops is a genus of formicine ants. They have only one petiolar segment. Your ants clearly have two segments between thorax and gaster like the Myrmicinae. They are Pseudomyrmex sp. without any doubt. Together with Tetraponera this genus belongs to an own subfamily, the Pseudomyrmecinae.

derameisige

Messorus: Re: Pseudomyrmex (3. Okt 2009 18:28)

Sorry melk9, but Gigantiops is a genus of formicine ants. They have only one petiolar segment. Your ants clearly have two segments between thorax and gaster like the Myrmicinae. They are Pseudomyrmex sp. without any doubt. Together with Tetraponera this genus belongs to an own subfamily, the Pseudomyrmecinae.

derameisige

I love this post :grin: It´s absolutely truely and profesionaly told :)
Melk, Gigantiops is absolutely different type of ant, with long legs, high standing and with big eyes and many occuli...
: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80125969@N00/2241096573