Wasp-like myrmicine-pseudomyrmicinae in Cancun, Mexico?
These ants were fast moving critters that i found near a bus stop in the Zona Hotelera (Hotel Zone) in Cancun.It's a myrmicine (I think, maybe a pseudomyrmicinae?) that is sorta wasp-like (including...
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hmmm...looks like my first thought of it being pseudomyrmicinae was right...the slender body, bright coloration, and short antennae are probably giveaways...
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Very definitely a Pseudomyrmex species, No clue at this point which one though. They are rather tough group, although much work has been done on them by Phil Ward"The most exciting phrase to hear in...
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yep....i thought so...i actually had some experience with these guys in the philippines so it jogged my memory when i thought about the characteristics of these mexican ants...
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There are Pseudomyrmicinae in the Philipines, in the genus Tetraponera, with rather similar habits to the American Psuedomyrmex. I was thinking your "Pseudo" might be P. gracilis, but if that's a...
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yep, Tetraponera...and yep, that's a cm scale...I have a book (pretty darn old) published in the Philippines (by the University of the Philippines) detailing all the species in the islands...at least,...
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Off the top of my head I do not recall, I had that info here but it has been put away safe due to a recent move, as you can guess I cant find anything.However there are a bunch of species in that...
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Interesting Kalimant. Could you tell us the name author and publisher of that book? I didn't know there was one on Philipine ants. A colleague, Chris Starr, who works mostly on wasps was writing a...
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i'll look for it...i had it in my parent's house a while back, but have stored it elsewhere since...i think...i'll post it here when i find it...
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