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Davids Youngs Aphaen.fulva Jan 24, 2006 15:30:36 GMT

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Post by Jenny on Jan 24, 2006 15:30:36 GMT

Posted by Sandant: -

I found some very nice ant pics from a guy named David Young, and I'm hoping I can talk him into either posting them here or sending them to me so I can post them. They're very nice macro photos....he really does a good job!

David agreed, and here are a few pics he's taken....they are of an Aphaen. fulva I believe.

i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/LSW33/site1040.jpg
i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/LSW33/Pc161984.jpg
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My personal thanks to David Young!!!

Stay at home your ANTs need you safe!

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Davids Youngs Aphaen.fulva Jan 24, 2006 18:13:57 GMT

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Post by doctorant on Jan 24, 2006 18:13:57 GMT

Those are some lovely photos, but I'm confident they are not A. fulva.

However, no one could be blamed for misidentifications in this difficult group. There are numerous undescribed species, most reliably separated by chromosomal features, though there are in fact some subtle morphological features,too. And there are no serviceable keys, even to the described species.

A Canadian myrmecologist Gary Umphrey is working on them, but his full time job as a statistics professor slows down his ant work terribly.