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  Number of segments between alitrunk and gaster  (Only 1 segment (the petiole) is reduced or isolated between the alitrunk and gaster)     Acidipore  (Tip of gaster with acidipore, usually projecting as nozzle with fringe of hairs; sting absent)     Number of antennal segments  (12 antennal segments)     Maxillary palp  (Maxillary palp segments 3 and 4 not longer than head)     Setae  (Dorsal surfaces without coarse, paired hairs)     Position of antenna  (Antenna close to clypeus; triangular mandible armed with 7 or more teeth; alitrunk with step)

Identity - What this specimen is (based on the available  information).
Family - Formicidae,  Subfamily - Formicinae,  Species - Formica pallidefulva Latreille

Description: Antenna close to clypeus; triangular mandible armed with 7 or more teeth; alitrunk with step; ants 1/4" to 1/2" long

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Formica pallidefulva head F. pallidefulva body F. pallidefulva queen
(dorsal view; magnify for wing)