Lophomyrmex bedoti is a monomorphic small ant. Without close examination the workers of Lophomyrmex bedoti can be easily mistaken for those of Pheidole ants. Unlike Pheidole ants Lophomymex do not have a major worker caste.
A worker of Lophomyrmex bedoti.
A worker of Lophomyrmex bedoti.
A worker of Lophomyrmex bedoti.
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood.
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
Workers of Lophomyrmex tending to the brood
[New] Frontal close up of a Lophomyrmex worker.
[New] Close up of a Lophomyrmex worker.
[New] Workers of Lophomyrmex.
[New] Female alates of Lophomyrmex.
[New] Female alate of Lophomyrmex.
[New] Close up of a Lophomyrmex worker.
[New] Workers of Lophomyrmex.
[New] Female alates of Lophomyrmex.
[New] Female alate of Lophomyrmex.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Vespoide
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Lophomyrmex
Species: bedoti
Last Updated: 2012 03 03
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