
	Description
	The head and second section of the body (alitrunk) is reddish brown. The last segment of the body (the gaster) is black.

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	Taxonomy
	Order	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
	Suborder	Apocrita (narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
	Infraorder	Aculeata (ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
	Superfamily	Formicoidea (ants)
	Family	Formicidae (ants)
	Subfamily	Dolichoderinae (odorous ants)
	Tribe	Leptomyrmecini
	Genus	Dorymyrmex

	Synonyms
	Conomyrma insana

	Common Names
	pyramid ant


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	Digging up Dorymyrmex insanus queens - O'Neill Regional Park, California 3-5-2014 Andrew Smith

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	Dorymyrmex insanus "Pyramid" Queen ants leaving the nest March 03, 2014 AmericanDownsize

	About Published on Mar 3, 2014 Filmed this on my phone today in Riverside, CA the day after the big rain storm 3/3/2014

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