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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 longer than the length of the ant's head)

Identity - What this specimen is (based on the available  information).
Family - Formicidae,  Subfamily - Formicinae,  Species - Myrmecocystus melliger Forel

Description: Maxillary palp segments 3 and 4 longer than the length of the ant's head

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Myrmecocystus melliger head M. melliger body