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[miszt]

Had this queen for a while now, came from Malaysia I believe, best guess is Solenopsis, although was told it culd be a Pheidole, however I dont think it is...

fraid my battery died on this shot, so cant get a better one till tomorow...

[kashmir79]

how big is she

looks alot like a Camponotus Queen to me, but correct me if im wrong

[miszt]

to small for Camponotus I think, and a few other features which say shes not, cant remeber what, ran thru some taxon lists a few months ago, waitin for workers really, best way to work it out i guess

shes about 12mm long, allot more slender than she looks in that pic, very large gaster

[kashmir79]

my camponotus punctulatus queen is very small, shes about 10 -11 mml
the smallest camponotus i have ever seen :S

[JimmyVe]

I have a Camponotus queen that is only 9mm large. (ore small )
So the size don't give her away.
Maybe a better picture of the head.
Don't think it Solenopsis.

[miszt]

her facial features, and petiole/thorax features, suggest she is solenposis...but I'll post up sum better pictures asap

[paty]

its solenopsis for sure. had 10 queens which looks the same and they were from malaysia.. its solenopsis invicta or geminnata...

[JimmyVe]

So she must be looking like this than ?
http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=6194

The one on my pictures is more red, your is black.

[Skippy]

paty: ... hmm hmm hmmm hmmmmm , hehe :D that was joke ...

My quess is ... it is some Pheidole , or something like that , maybe som solenopsis too , dont know , there is so much species in Malaysia which names I never seen ... but 100 percent Myrmecinae , because there are 2 segments btw thorax and gaster

[Sphecomyrmex]

Also I think she is a myrmicine ants...but would need some other photos (gaster and head), for identify it...