372 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



neorufibarbis gelida W. M. Wheeler. Calif, to Alaska to Sask. and south 

 through Rocky Mts. to N. Mex. 

 Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 533-536, map. 



neorufibarbis neorufibarbis Emery. Nebr. 



Biology: Kannowski, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6: 142. — G. C. and J. 



Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 271-273, map. 

 Ecology: Brown, 1955. Ent. News 66: 47-50. — Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, 



pp. 530-533, map. 



obscuripes obscuripes Forel. South. Canada and north. U. S. from Ind. and 

 Mich, to Calif, and B. C, also the Rocky Mt. states. 



Biology: King and Sallee, 1957. Iowa Acad. Sci. Proc. 63: 721-723, tables 

 1-3.— Talbot, 1959. Amer. Midland Nat. 61: 124-128 (flight ac- 

 tivities). — G. C. and J, Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 240-244, 

 fig., map. 



Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 566, 568-572, map. 



obscuripes ravida W. M. Wheeler. Colo. 



Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 579-581, map. 



obscuriventris clivia Creighton. Colo., N. Mex. 



Biology: King, 1949. Iowa Acad. Sci. Proc. 56: 367-370 (mixed colony 

 with Formica fossaceps Buren). — King and Sallee, 1951. Op. cit. 

 58: 487-489 (ibidem) .—King, 1955. Op. cit. 62: 509-513, figs. 1, 

 2 (winged workers).— King and Sallee, 1959. Op. cit. 66: 472-473 

 (slave of Formica rubicunda Emery). — King and Sallee, 1962. 

 Op. cit. 69: 531-539, figs. 1-12, table 1 (mixed colonies with 

 Formica fossaceps Buren). 



Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 574-577, map. 



obscuriventris obscuriventris Mayr. 



Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 244-246, map. 

 Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, 572-574, map. 



obtusopilosa Emery. Transf. to Formica subg. Proformica Ruzsky, p. 858. 



opaciventris Emery. N. Dak. 



Biology: Scherba, 1961. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 69: 71-87, tables 1-6 (re- 

 production, nest structure). — Scherba, 1963. Op. cit. 71: 219-231, 

 tables 1-6, figs. 1-3. — G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, 

 pp. 254-256, map. 



oreas comptula W. M. Wheeler. 



Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 246-248, map. 



oreas oreas W. M. Wheeler. 



Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 577-579, map. 

 oregonensis Cole. 



Biology: Kincaid, 1963. Amer. Micros. Soc. Trans. 82: 101-105, figs. 

 1-5 (pollinates a plant). 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1956. Tenn. Acad. Sci. Jour. 31: 212-214. 



parcipappa Cole. 



Taxonomy: Wilson and Brown, 1955. Psyche 62: 125. 



perpilosa W. M. Wheeler. Transf. to Formica subg. Proformica Ruzsky, p. 858. 

 postoculata Kennedy and Dennis. Pa. (Mt. Morris). 



pruinosa W. M. Wheeler. 



Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 537-539, map. 



puberula Emery. 



Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 220-221, map. 

 Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 613-616 map. 



rasilis W. M. Wheeler. 



Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 587-589, map. 



reflexa Buren. N. Dak. 



Biology: King, 1949. Iowa Acad. Sci. Proc. 56: 367-379 (mixed colony 



