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Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Collected around La Selva biological station, Costa Rica during the summer of 2013. Note: specimen is a queen.

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

It is about time we get a new NTA!

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Ah, it's my dream to go to La Selva someday, I keep hearing amazing things about it. It's also great to see a new NTA, and even better to see you back. Anyway, this looks to be a ponerine, possibly...

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Did you mean scrobes, or scapes?

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Haha, scrobes is what I mean. I make that mistake often.

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

I don't see any scrobes. The picture isn't that great, but I'm pretty sure that's because this ant doesn't have any.

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Any other views available?

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Platythyrea prizo is the correct identification. I was surprised by such a quick identification and wanted to see if anyone else had any other ideas. 15 points to Jason. That's the only view I had.

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Hah! And I was thinking Leptogenys!

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

Thanks for posting this, Antshaman.  Do you have any more?H

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Re: Name that Ant #155 (12 August 2013)

I have one or two more I could post, and then once my microscope arrives I will be able to post a lot more of these!

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