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trail preference). — Plsek, Kroll, and Watkins, 1969. Kans. Ent. See., Jour. 42: 452-456 

 (association with carabids). 



Morphology: Borgmeier, 1957. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 17: 392-393 (maxillary and labial palps). 

 ag^lis Borgmeier. S. Ariz.; Mexico. Only the worker is known. 



Neivamyrmex agilis Borgmeier, 1953. Studia Ent. 2: 45. 5 . 

 andrei (Emery). N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. Only the male is known. 



Eciton andrei Emery, 1901. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 33: 53. <5. 



Eciton (Acamatus) oslari Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 415. S. 

 baylori Watkins. Tex. (Waco). 



Neivamyrmex baylori Watkins, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 46: 430-433. i. 

 califomicus (Mayr). Utah, Nev., Calif. Only the worker and queen are known. 



Eciton califamicum Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien., Verb. 20: 969. 5 . 



Eciton (Acamatus) califomicum. var. obscura Forel, 1914. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat., Bui. 50: 

 265. 5. 



Taxonomy: Watkins, 1972. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 45: 363-366 (queen, distribution). 



Biology: Mallis, 1938. Sci. Monthly 47: 220-226. — Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 

 40: 62. 

 carolinensis (Emery). Va., N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ohio, Tenn., Ala., Miss., La., Nebr., Kans., N. 

 Mex., Ariz. All castes are known. 

 Eciton (Acamatus) carolinense Emery, 1894. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 26: 184. 5. 



Biology: Smith, 1928. Ent. News 39: 245. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 278, 304. 

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

 Rettenmeyer, 1967. Psyche 74: 228-233 (effect of queen on longevity of workers). 

 fallax Borgmeier. La., Kans., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico; Guatemala. Only the worker is 



known. Literature references for commutatum (Emery) for N. Amer. north of Mexico 

 should be referred to fallcuc. 

 Neivamyrmex fallax Borgmeier, 1953. Studia Ent. 2: 48. 9. 

 fuscipennis (Wheeler). Kans., e. Tex. Only the male is known. 



Acamatus fiiscipennis Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 417. 6. Misdet. as 

 spoliator Forel, hut fiiscipennis validated by pi. 26, fig. 12. 



Taxonomy: Watkins, 1975. Southwest. Nat. 20: 85-90 (relationship to N. macropterus 

 Borgmeier; lectotype). 

 harrisii (Haldeman). Okla., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. AH castes are known. Records citing 

 this species from Utah are probably incorrect. 

 Labidus harrisii Haldeman, 1852. In Stanbury, Exped. Great Salt Lake, p. 367. <J . 

 Eciton wheeleri Emery, 1901. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 33: 65. 5. 

 Eciton (Acamutu^) wheeleri dubia Creighton, 1932. Psyche 39: 75. 9,9. 



Taxonomy: Watkins, 1968. Amer. Midland Nat. 80: 273-275 (association of castes). 

 —Borgmeier, 1958. Studia Ent. 1: 206-207. 



Biology: Watkins and Cole, 1966. Tex. Jour. Sci 12: 254-265 (attraction of workers to 

 secretion of queens). — Watkins, Cole, and Baldridge, 1967. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 40: 

 146-151 (trail following and trail preference). —Plsek, Kroll, and Watkins, 1969. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc., Jour. 42: 452-456 (carabids in raiding columns). 



Morphology: Forbes and Do-Van-Quy, 1965. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 73: 95-111 (nude 

 reproductive system). 

 leonardi (Wheeler). Okla., Tex., Calif.; Mexico. Only the worker is known. 



Eciton (Acamatus) leonardi Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., BuL 34: 392. 9 . 

 Eciton (Acamatus) peninsulare Mann, 1926. Psyche 33: 98. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Borgmeier, 1953. Studia Ent. 2: 10. —Watkins, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 44: 

 101-103 (worker; biological notes). 



