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Dorymyrmex

is a soil-nesting dolichoderine ant abundant in the warmer climates of the New World, particularly in open and arid habitats. Nests of these active, alert insects are usually marked by a characteristic volcano-shaped nest entrance, while the ants themselves can be recognized by a characteristic upward-pointing tooth on the propodeum.

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Dorymyrmex bureni workers carry bits of excavated sand out from deep in their underground nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex bureni at the nest entrance.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Portrait of Dorymyrmex bureni, the common "volcano ant" of the southeastern United States.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex bureni

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex elegans is one of North America's rarest and most beautiful ants. These slender orange insects are endemic to the endangered sand ridge habitats of central Florida. Here an ant stands guard outside the nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex elegans is one of North America's rarest and most beautiful ants. These slender orange insects are endemic to the endangered sand ridge habitats of central Florida.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Myrmecologists overlook a nest of Dorymyrmex bureni.

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex flavopectus- North America's most colorful Dorymyrmex- is a rare species restricted to sandy rosemary bald habitat in the southeastern United States.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex flavopectus- North America's most colorful Dorymyrmex- is a rare species restricted to sandy rosemary bald habitat in the southeastern United States.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex bureni workers carry bits of excavated sand out from deep in their underground nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex bureni workers carry bits of excavated sand out from deep in their underground nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex bureni workers carry bits of excavated sand out from deep in their underground nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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Keywords: ants insect insects hymenoptera formicidae dolichoderinae bureni dorymyrmex conomyrma

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