Washington DC Arthropod Biodiversity Project Formicidae...Aphaenogaster...tennesseensis

Click on image to enlarge.

Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Common Name: ant

Country: USA
State/District: VA
County: Fairfax
Date (D-M-Y): 6 - 2003

Photographer: D.S. Kjar

Identifier: D.S. Kjar
Collector: D. S. Kjar
Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve

Pitfall trap 55

Keywords: A ant reproductive Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve DMWP soil arthropod
Additional Information:

The Aphaenogastor tennesseensis is thought to be a temporary social parasite of A. fulva and A. rudis (Creighton 1950). The queen of this species (pictured above) has a very smooth shiny surface, in contrast to the worker which has a heavily sculptured surface.

D.S.K.