Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1327 



behavior under dry season conditions with reference to reproductive functions). 

 — Schneirla, 1948. Zoologica (N. Y.) 33: 89-112 (life and behavior under dry season 

 conditions, appearance and date of males). — Schneirla, 1948. Sci. Amer. 178: 16-23 

 (general). —Schneirla, 1949. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 94: 1-82 (life and behavior under 

 dry season conditions, course of reproduction and colony behavior). — Schneirla, 1950. 

 (Mex.) Inst, de Biol., An. 20: 371-384 (environmental adaptations). — Schneirla and Brown, 

 1950. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 95: 269-233 (life and behavior under dry season 

 conditions, cyclic processes in behavioral and reproductive functions). — Schneirla and 

 Brown, 1952. Zoologica (N. Y. ) 37: 5-32 (sexual broods and production of young queens). 

 — Schneirla, 1953. Insectes Sociaux 1: 29-41 (army ant queen). — Schneirla, Brown and 

 Brown, 1954. Ecol. Monog. 24: 269-296. (bivouac or temporary nest as adaptive factor in 

 terrestrial species). — Tafuri, 1955. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 63: 21-41 (growth and 

 polymorphism of larva of Eciton hamatum (F.)). — Schneirla, 1956. Insectes Sociaux 3: 

 49-69 (colony division and related processes). — Schneirla, 1956. Smithsn. Inst. Ann. Rpt., 

 1955 pp. 379-406 (army ants, general). —Schneirla, 1957. Insectes Sociaux 4: 259-298 

 (comparison of functional patterns in army ants). — Schneirla, 1957. Amer. Phil. Soc, Proc. 

 101: 106-133 (theoretical consideration of cyclic processes). — Schneirla, 1958. Insectes 

 Sociaux 5: 215-255 (behavior and biology of Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson) and N. 

 opacithorax (Emery)). — Brown, 1960. Psyche (56: 25-27 (alarm and attack behavior). 

 — Schneirla, 1960. Smithsn. Treasury of Science. Simon and Schuster, N. Y., pp. (564-696 

 (army ants, general). —Schneirla, 1961. Ztschr. f. Tierpsychol. 18: 1-32 (sexual broods and 

 colony division of Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson)). — Rettenmeyer, 1961. Kans. Univ., 

 Sci. Bui. 42: 993-1066 (biology and taxonomy of flies over swarms of army ants). 

 —Rettenmeyer, 1963. Univ. Kans., Sci. Bui. 44: 287-465 (behavioral studies of army ants in 

 Canal Zone and Kansas). —Schneirla, 1963. Animal Behavior 11: 583-595 (springtime 

 resurgence of cyclic function, Arizona species). — Rettenmeyer, 1960. XI. Intemat. Kong, 

 fur Ent., Wien. 1960, 1: 610-612 (mites associated with army ants). —Rettenmeyer, 1962. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 35: 377-384 (millipedes associated with army ants). —Rettenmeyer, 



1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 56: 170-174 (Thysanura associated vdth army ants). — Watkins, 



1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 22-28 (trail following). —Watkins and Cole, 1966. Tex. Jour. 

 Sci. 18: 254-265 (attraction of workers to secretion of queens). — Akre and Rettenmeyer, 

 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 745-782 (Staphylinidae associated vdth army ants). 

 —Watkins, Cole, and Baldridge, 1967. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 146-151 (trail follov^dng and 

 trail preference). —Akre and Rettenmeyer, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 165-174 (trail 

 following by guests of army ants). —Akre, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 87-101 (Histeridae 

 associated with army ants). — Rettenmeyer and Akre, 1968. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 61: 

 1317-1326 (ectosymbiosis between phorid flies and army ants.). — Kannowsld, 1969. 

 Intemat. Union for study of social insects, VI Cong., Proc 6: 77-83 (daUy and seasonal 

 periodicities in nuptial flights). — Torgerson and Akre, 1970. Melanderia 5: 1-28 

 (persistence of army ant chemical trails and their significance in Ecitonine-Ecitophile 

 association). —Torgerson and Akre, 1970. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 43: 395-404 (interspecific 

 responses to trail and alarm pheromones). —Schneirla, 1971. Army Ants: A Study in Social 

 Organization. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco. 349 pp. — Topoff, 1971. Amer. Nat. 105: 

 529-548 (polymorphism related to division of labor and colony cyclic behavior). 



Morphology: Hagen, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1663: 1-12 (anatomy of queen of Eciton). 

 — Hagen, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1664: 1-17 (Reproductive system of queen of 

 Eciton). —Hagen, 1954. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1665: 1-20 (oocyte cycle). — Lappano, 1958. 

 Insectes Sociaux 5: 31-66 (morphological study of larval development in all worker broods 

 of Eciton burchelli (Westwood). — Whelden, 1963. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 71: 158-178 

 (reproductive system of worker and female of Eciton hxiniatum{F.) and Eciton burchelli 

 (Westwood)). —Whelden, 1963. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 71: 246-261 (antennae and legs of £. 

 hamatum and E. burchelli). 



Tribe ECITONINI 



Genus LABIDUS Jurine 



Labidus Jurine, 1807. Nouv. Meth. Class. Hym. Dipt., p. 282. 

 Type-species: Labidus latreillii Jurine. Monotypic 



