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Good job Kelli
In my work with ants I personally do not recognize the subspecific distiinction. Generally if the ant is distinct enough to warrant distinction I consider it a species. The reason I follow this is that once you start looking at material from throughout the total range of the species it usually turns out that what you were considering a distinctive character usually becomes a portion of the overall variability of that species. I feel pretty much the same with regard to subspecific variation with reptiles. That said For my usage a hybrid is only appliciable when separate and distinct SPECIES interbreed. Many other people consider it hybridization when even two forms or color variants of a species due the nasty, but strictest definition would only be limited to distinct species.
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