specimen uploaded to AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1060059
specimen uploaded to AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1060062
specimen uploaded to AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1060061
specimen uploaded to AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1060060
Seemed like it could be Formica fossaceps, but the gaster is rather pubescent and has some hairs, while fossaceps is supposed to shine. The colony was found in a low, oblong mound which was somewhat thatched. Large colony.
pallidefulva worker from same locality on the bottom for comparison
Specimen uploaded to AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1060058
bottom individual, top is an incerta worker from the same locality