Pavement Ant
Distinctive Qualities
- Two nodes
- Worker Size: 1/10 to 1/8 inch (3 mm)
- Unevenly shaped thorax
- 12 antennal segments
- Antennal club has three segments
- One pair of spines on thorax
Tip: Grooves are present on head and thorax. Stinger present at tip of
abdomen.
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom |
Animalia |
| Phylum |
Arthropoda |
| Class |
Insecta |
| Order |
Hymenoptera |
| Family |
Formicidae |
| Subfamily |
Myrmicinae |
| Genus |
Tetramorium |
| Species |
T. Caespitums |
