346 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



Subfamily PONERINAE 



Revision: Brown, 1960. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool. Bui. 122: 145- 



230, figs. 1-48 (tribe Amblyoponini) . 

 Biology: Wilson, 1958. Evolution 12: 24-31 (nomadic and predatory 



behavior) . 



*Genus AMBLYOPONE Erichson 

 ( = Sfigmafomma Roger of Catalog, pp. 782-783) 



Amblyopone Erichson, 1842. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 8: 260. 



Type: Amblyopone australis Erichson, By monotypy. 

 Taxonomy: Brown, 1960. loc. cit. supra, pp. 155-169. 

 Morphology: Eisner, 1957. Harvard Univ., Mus. Compar. Zool. Bui. 



116: 476, pi. 22, fig. 91 (proventriculus). 

 Biology: Haskins, C. P. and E. F., 1951. Amer. Midland Nat. 45: 432- 



445, fig. 1 (colony founding of A. australis Erichson). 

 Amblyopone replaces Stigmatomma, which is a synonym (teste Brown, 



1960, loc. cit. supra). 



oregonense (W. M. Wheeler), changed status. 



Stigmatomma pallipes oregonense W. M. Wheeler. Raised to sp. rank 

 {teste Brown, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 169). 



pallipes (Haldeman), changed status. Ariz., Colo., Okla. 



Stigmatomma pallipes pallipes (Haldeman). Raised to sp. rank {teste 



Brown, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 169). 

 Stigmatomma pallipes montigena Creighton (syn. by Brown, 1960, loc. cit. 



supra) . 

 Stigmatomma pallipes subterranea Creighton (syn. by Brown, 1960, loc. 



cit. supra). 

 Morphology: Whelden, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 65: 1-21, pi. 1, figs. 



1-6; pi. 2, figs. 1-7. 

 Ecology: Gregg, 1963. The Ants of Colorado, pp. 279-280, 282, map. 



pallipes montigena Creighton. Syn. of pallipes (Haldeman). 



pallipes oregonense W. M. Wheeler. Raised to specific rank. 



pallipes pallipes (Haldeman). Raised to specific rank. 



pallipes subterranea Creighton. Syn. of pallipes (Haldeman). 



Genus PLATYTHYREA Roger, p. 783 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1952. Breviora 6: 4 (in key). 



punctata (F. Smith). 



Biology: Brown, 1957. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool. Bui. 116: 229. 



♦Genus PRIONOPELTA Mayr 



Prionopelta Mayr, 1866. Akad. der Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. Sitzber. 

 53: 503. 



Type: Prionopelta punctulata Mayr. By monotypy. 

 Taxonomy: Brown, 1960, loc. cit. supra, pp. 173-178. 



Place after Platythyrea, p. 783. 



*antillana Forel. Fla. (Juniper Springs in Marion County). 



Prionopelta punctulata antillana Forel, 1909. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., p. 239. 

 Biology: Kempf, 1961. Studia Ent. 4: 489-490. 



Genus ECTATOMMA F. Smith 

 ( = Ecfafomma subgenus Ectafomma F. Smith of Catalog, p. 783) 



Revision: Brown, 1958. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool. Bui. 118: 206- 



211. 

 Ectatomma raised to generic rank {teste Brown, 1958, loc. cit. supra). 



tuberculatum (Olivier). 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 209, 211, 298, 299. — Kempf, 

 1962. Studia Ent. 5: 2-3. 



