Identifying Paratrechina sp. nr. pubens - the

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Identifying Paratrechina sp. nr. pubens - the
crazy rasberry ant, aka Caribbean crazy ant,
brown crazy ant, hairy crazy ant
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Color is reddish to brown
Texas
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One node
Texas
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Texas
Acidopore
Acidopore circle of hairs at tip of abdomen
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Standing macrochetae
Coral Gables, FL
AntWeb
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Relatively long femur and scape but not nearly
as long as P. longicornis
Paraguay
AntWeb
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Galapagos
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P. Longicornis black crazy ant
Very long thorax, femurs, and scapes
Typically very black although I have seen
samples from China that are quite reddish
AntWeb
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P. bourbonica
Very similar to P. pubens, but consistently
darker found along the gulf coast
AntWeb
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Odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile
Standing macrochetae rare
Bad character often referred to as node hidden
by abdomen mostly untrue
AntWeb
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Abdomen dissimilar to CRA
Thorax not as uneven as CRA
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Argentine ant Linepithema humile
Thorax a bit distended to that of P. pubens
Abdomen almost arrow shaped in sinistral view
Color varies from light brown (above) to dark
brown (next slide)
AntWeb
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Much thinner than P. pubens
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Head narrows drastically
Head does not narrow drastically
AntWeb
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Argentine
P. fulva