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Monomorium sp. - Formicidae
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Autore:  Lenny [ 24/12/2014, 21:00 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Monomorium sp. - Formicidae
Another ant from Costa Rica. They are able to sting very painful. 3-4mm

Again Monomorium sp. ?

:hi:

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Autore:  VincenzoGentile [ 25/12/2014, 12:14 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Formicidae Monomorium sp.? Costa Rica
Sure! Monomorium sp..
To be honest I think this belongs to no-one of the three species in the checklist of Costa Rica. In fact in my opinion no-one of these three species is compatible because of the abundance of erect hairs expecially on the antennae, cheeks, gula, femurs and tibias. So I think that also the other photos of the floating raft of ants are uncertain now. A possibility that I see could be Monomorium minimum, a species known from USA, Canada, northern Mexico and sporadically in Southern America, but not yet in Costa Rica. But I'm not sure! And never discard the possibility of a new species. ;)

To give you an idea of what I said, these are the species in the checklist for Costa Rica: http://www.antweb.org/images.do?subfami ... taricaants
Autore:  Lenny [ 27/12/2014, 4:59 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Formicidae Monomorium sp.? Costa Rica
I notice the differences of the hairs on the head in comparison with the pictures you linked on. Checklists of latin- or south American countries often are very unreliable. Thank you again for the effort you put into my requests. :)

:hi:
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