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[phalops]

cought in may

[JimmyVe]

Hello phalops and welcome.

I'm sorry i'm not so good at this, maybe someone else could help you out.

[miszt]

Beautiful queen!!

Do you have any workers yet? A shot of workers would be useful

[ratgreen]

in the first pic it looks like some sort of leafcutter queen, they have huge muscular backs, but im a noob at IDing so thats all i can say.

[mzfckr]

how big is she?

[phalops]

13 mm, finded on branch in rain forest, somewhere near nest

[Messorus]

Hehe, nice queens.. I can say just one think- it is maybe some Myrmicinae, becasue they have petiolus and postpetiolus too, between their abdomen and bosom...

[miszt]

Yes definitly Myrmicinae, I've been looking thru Ant-web but cant find anything similar, would be helpful to see a worker

[phalops]

unfortunately the workers have not survived the trip to Poland and have started to decompose. A friend of mine is looking for an advice on how to help the queen rise a first generation of workers.

[Spore]

That species might be harder to keep than other European species.

[JimmyVe]

So she had workers and these died, than it is better you give her some food. And hope she will have new brood soon.

[Skippy]

hehe nice queen in Poland ,,,, also think it is Myrmecinae , but VERY hard to say which specie or genus , there in rain forest are a lot of species and you need to wait on first workers , then it is more easier to discover which genus is it maybe , or specie. Body similar to Aphaenogaster ...

[Sphecomyrmex]

Hello phalops,

I think that it's a Myrmicaria ant. You can see that for the presence of six funicular segments in antennae, and for the petiolar morphology. I don't know the specie.

[Skippy]

I´ve seen Myrmicaria and had some in tube , and it had different body ... but could be nobody know