Eurhopalothrix floridana Brown & Kempf, 1960

Eurhopalothrix floridana is a small (~2.5 mm) brownish red ant with a triangular head, 7-segmented antennae, deep antennal scrobes, small eyes, triangular mandibles, distinctive appressed spatulate hairs and no spongiform. Although described from Florida relatively recently, there is broad speculation that it is not native to Florida or any other part of North America north of Mexico (Brown & Kempf, 1960; Deyrup, 1991; Deyrup et al., 2000; Deyrup et al., 1997). Eurhopalothrix species are predatory, and observations of one species suggest that these ants may be somewhat specialized predators of termites (Wilson & Brown, 1985).