Prenolepis queen

April 4, 2010 by myrmecos

Prenolepis imparis – winter ant (queen)
Urbana, Illinois

Photo details: Canon mp-e 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 50D
ISO 100, f13, 1/250 sec, diffused flash

on April 4, 2010 at 10:18 am JasonC.

Is Prenolepis more closely related to Lasius and/or Brachymyrmex than to other formicines, or are the similarities just secondary? I mean, they both have tiny males and tiny workers, and their queens also do look similar.
on April 4, 2010 at 4:21 pm James C. Trager

More closely related to Nylanderia and Paratrechina. Trouble is, most non-parasitc formicine queens look a lot alike, one of the reasons for mainly worker-based ant taxonomy.
on April 12, 2010 at 7:35 am A queen in monochrome « Myrmecos Blog

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