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[melk9]

Identification, Pleaaaaaase!!!

Does anybody know this one? The workers have in size about 3mm.

[MainMan]

Hello Melk9!

This looks like a Pheidole spec. Very small Pest Ant, they are small but heavy fighters!

Greetings
Mathias

[JimmyVe]

Probably Pheidole species, yes, hard to tell which ones.

[melk9]

And this camponotus ?????? I found this one in my living room yesterday night. Very beautiful!
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[Phasmid]

Looks like a very dark Camponotus substitutus, I was thinking Camponotus maculatus (cause of black head) but thats African, I don't know it they can be found in South-America.

[McK]

I'd also say Camponotus substitutus, but the queens usually don't have black heads.

[melk9]

Looks like a very dark Camponotus substitutus, I was thinking Camponotus maculatus (cause of black head) but thats African, I don't know it they can be found in South-America.

Thanks by the informations, guys!Using them I went googling it, and I found images of Camponotus maculatus, very close to the ant I have. Then I'll have it as a Camponotus maculatus!
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[JimmyVe]

Yes i would go for Camponotus maculatus to. Very nice ants.

[melk9]

I collected this one yesterday, as well. To much dark for maculatus? And there's not the spots on the side of the gaster, as in maculatus. Can it be nigriceps?





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[Phasmid]

I don't think it is Camponotus nigriceps, they have darker abdomen and are Australian (could be found in South-America?), but there are so many Camponotus that it could be, maybe Camponotus atriceps?

[SteveUK28]

aint got a clue what it is but its very beautiful

[Messorus]

Man you are crazy.... I thought that I somethimes have real holy luck for colleting of ants, but you are absolutely mad with yourse.... I´t seems like under your house is Ant heaven And they somethimes visites your home....
But also, lovely ants, lovely species and keep your collecting up!

[tail__]

For sure they aren't the same species as African or European ones. Actually many South American species aren't even well described. Most people here are from Europe, so we don't know Brazilian fauna, though the genus can be usually identified, as all Pheidole or Camponotus look quite similar. So you can call them "Pheidole sp." and "Camponotus sp." For ant keeping, this should be enougn. If you want exact identification to the species level, probably you should ask a local entomologist.

[JimmyVe]

I would go from Camponotus sp. and it could be Camponotus nigriceps.

[melk9]

And this one??? I looked in the shop to see if I could find some specie close to this, but there's not.



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