x1mrdonut1x: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 13:27)

Hello,

Today i found an ant and i don't know what is her ID. Also i'm not sure if this is a queen but by the size of the "chest" it look like one.
This ant was found in south africa (Tanzania) on the ground walking across a sand road :D She is aprox. 14-15mm big
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/p1000430wl.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/p1000437e.jpg/

Creature: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 14:18)

I dont know if the live there but looks like some sort of polyrhachis

Gortello: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 14:40)

Cute eyes on the second picture :D .

x1mrdonut1x: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 15:09)

Two new photos:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/808/p1000442m.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/p1000439q.jpg/

Please help! :D

Gortello: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 15:14)

Maybe you can something with this. http://antbase.org/ants/africa/contents.htm

Pi.Ag3: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 16:01)

It's a Polyrhachis sp., most probably a worker and not a queen. It's typical for Polyrhachis that the workers have a big thorax and often look like queens, in some species it's very difficult to distinguish the queen from a worker.

Greetings, Phil

MainMan: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 17:19)

Hi!

Look here at this links, maybe you can find your species but it is not easy!

http://antbase.org/ants/africa/polyrhachis/polyrhachis/polyrhachis.htm

Bye

x1mrdonut1x: Re: African ant's ID needed!! (19. Jul 2011 18:40)

Thanks for such a fast responds guys! I'm pretty sure it was a Polyrhachis lestoni and it was not a queen. Thanks MainMan for the link! :D