FORMICINAE - FIELD ANTS
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Gallery 1 - Brachymyrmex - Amongst the world“s smallest ants reaching their greatest diversity in the Neotropics. Camponotus - "Carpenter Ants" - Ecologically diverse with a cosmopolitan distribution. Most species nest in wood, but others are soil-nesters and this group also includes the "Weaver Ants". This gallery includes the species in the subgenus Myrmaphaenus (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1a - Brachymyrmex patagonicus - Departamento Concepción (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1b - Camponotus blandus-complex sp.- Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1c - Camponotus blandus-complex sp.- Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1d - Camponotus blandus-complex sp.- Mariscal Estigarribia, Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1e - Camponotus blandus-complex sp.- Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1f - Camponotus crispulus young queen - Departamento Concepción (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net November 2002).
FIGURE 1g - Camponotus crispulus young queen - Departamento Concepción (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net November 2002).
FIGURE 1h - Camponotus crispulus worker - Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1i - Camponotus leydigi - Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1j - Camponotus personatus - Yby Yau, Departamento Concepción (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 2 Camponotus - "Carpenter Ants" - Ecologically diverse with a cosmopolitan distribution. Most species nest in wood, but others are soil-nesters and this group also includes the "Weaver Ants". This gallery includes the species in the subgenus Myrmobrachys (Figs 2a-c), Myrmepornis (Figs 2d-e) and Myrmosphincta (Fig 2f) (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 2a - Camponotus crassus major (left) and minor (right) worker - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2b - Camponotus crassus - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2c - Camponotus crassus - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2d - Camponotus sericeiventris - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2e - Camponotus sericeiventris - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2f - Camponotus sexguttaus - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 3 Camponotus - "Carpenter Ants" - Ecologically diverse with a cosmopolitan distribution. Most species nest in wood, but others are soil-nesters and this group also includes the "Weaver Ants". This gallery includes the species in the subgenus Myrmothrix (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 3a - Camponotus atriceps - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3b - Camponotus atriceps - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3c - Camponotus renggeri - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3d - Camponotus rufipes - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 4 Camponotus - "Carpenter Ants" - Ecologically diverse with a cosmopolitan distribution. Most species nest in wood, but others are soil-nesters and this group also includes the "Weaver Ants". This gallery includes the species in the subgenus Tanaemyrmex (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 4a - Camponotus melanostictus - San Miguel, Departamento Misiones (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4b - Camponotus punctulatus - San Miguel, Departamento Misiones (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4c - Camponotus punctulatus minor worker tending whitefly larvae - San Miguel, Departamento Misiones (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4d - Camponotus punctulatus winged males at nest entrance prior to nuptial flight - San Miguel, Departamento Misiones (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4e - Camponotus substitutus - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
Gallery 5 Camponotus - "Carpenter Ants" - Ecologically diverse with a cosmopolitan distribution. Most species nest in wood, but others are soil-nesters and this group also includes the "Weaver Ants". This gallery includes the species in the subgenus Myrmomalis (Figs 2a-c) Myrmelachista - Small genus of common forest ants. Paratrechina - Small ants with a worldwide distribution. Forage in leaf litter, soil and rotting wood. Some species have a global distribution having been transported by human commerce. (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 5a - Camponotus depressus - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5b - Camponotus depressus - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5c - Camponotus depressus - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5d - Myrmelachista catharinae - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5e - Paratrechina fulva - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).