...ent 6 longer than segment 2); propodeum low and rounded; metapleural bulla with at least some appressed pubescence. ...tum. The extent of mesopleural pubescence varies over a north-south cline, with specimens from the northern part of the range having more extensive pubesce

...nd shaving the soil away from the side. The colonies are relatively small, with workers numbering probably only in the hundreds. On St. Vincent, H. H. Smit |coordinates=<!--{{Inline coordinates|||0|NS|||0|EW}}-->

Longino (Ants of Costa Rica) - Apical fork of mandible with two tiny intercalary teeth; one conspicuous preapical tooth, but no other p ...& Cover 2009; Booher unpublished data). It was first recorded in Oklahoma with a collection near the city of McCurtain in the southwestern Ozark Mountains

...e found in southeastern Brazil to Uruguay and Argentina and are associated with the darker workers. A lighter variant occurs in the northern area of the sp ...raight or diverging sides posteriorly in ''invicta'', narrower and usually with converging sides in ''richteri''; transverse impression on posterodorsal fa

...lenopsis'' "fire ants". In general ''S. geminata'' prefers to nest in open fields or sunny glades, avoiding the shade of deep woods. The nests are usually ir ...om a distinct medial indentation in the vertex, (3) black mandibles, often with all teeth worn off from use, and (4) short antennal scapes extending only a