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  Number of segments between alitrunk and gaster  (2 segments (petiole and postpetiole) are reduced or isolated between the alitrunk and the gaster)     Eye size  (Eye composed of more than one lens)     Spines on alitrunk  (Alitrunk without spines)     Number of antennal segments  (12 antennal segments, with 3-segmented club)     Body color  (Reddish-yellow; head and thorax deeply punctate; found in houses)

Identity - What this specimen is (based on the available  information).
Family - Formicidae,  Subfamily - Myrmicinae,  Genus - Monomorium,  Species - Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus

Description: Reddish-yellow; head and thorax deeply punctate; found in houses

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Monomorium pharaonis body
(Japanese Ant Image Database)