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A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

The bottom of the head is hairless. Thorax with single hairs or without hairs. Petiole with sparse hairs or more often without them. The color of the top of the head is dark brown, the bottom is red. Rarely the whole head is red. The body color varies from red to brown.

This nest of oriental army ants was collected when they were about to split up the colony. The new queen is in the upper right corner. The tarsus is still intact. The old queen is in the lower left corner. The tarsus has been lost in the migration. Unfortunately, We didn't contact the gatherer in time, and it was cooked and eaten.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

A specimen from the collection. Coordinates were obtained from the GPS when collecting the specimen. These coordinates are the center of the area, where a series of specimens was collected, the accuracy is determined by the size of the area.

I just looked closer at these pictures and the queen and workers carried by the Temnothorax unifasciatus workers. I already thought the coloration was strange but looking closer, it isnt T. unifasciatus. For me a crazy exciting find for my thesis.

length 4.5 mm

Myrmica cf. ruginodis carrying another almost immobilized but alive specimen (microgyne?) towards its nest.

My (!) arguments for Myrmica cf. ruginodis: Curved base of anntenae, spines about 0.33x length of head.
Are these the relevant criteria vs. M. rubra?
I am just a layman and want to learn => please correct!

Large, red, covered in standing setae. There are no iNaturalist photographs of Camponotus festai yet. Time to change it :)

Found and photographed by Yağiz Tahmaz, local ant-keeper. Submitting these photographs with his permission.

Median worker from Antweb:
https://www.antweb.org/bigPicture.do?name=casent0905286&shot=p&number=1