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Strumigenys louisianae - miniature trap-jaw ant
Arizona, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2006

The arid American southwest has no native species of Strumigenys trap-jaw ants, but S. louisianae has been accidentally introduced to urban areas where they survive in irrigated lawns.  This species- only one or two milimeters long- is native from the southeastern United States south to Argentina.


  
USA AZ Pima Co.: Tucson, UA campus.
750m 32º13.89´N 110º57.29´W 
28.ix.2006 Under stones, urban lawn.
M. Lanan, coll. 


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