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ramulorum Wheeler. Fla. (Highland City, "Polk Co.); W. Indies. Ecology: Specimens in Florida 

 collected on sweet orange. Probably introduced. 

 Myrmelachista ambigua ramulorum Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 



155.5,9, <5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1934. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 77: 189. —Smith, 1936. 

 Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 20: 872-873 (also biol notes). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 47: 138 (larva). 



Biology: Anonymous, 1968. FAO Plant Protect. Bui. 16: 53 (Fla. record; biol). 



Tribe BRACHYMYRMECINI 

 Genus BRACHYMYRMEX Mayr 



Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868. Soc. Nat. Modena, Ann. 3: 163. 



Type-species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Brachymyrmex subg. Bryscha Santschi, 1925. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 

 31: 652. 



Type-species: Brachymyrmex pilipes Mayr. Orig. desig. 



Most species of this New World genus are found south of the United States. They usually 

 form small colonies in the soil under various objects and are easily transported by commerce in 

 soil or plants. They are fond of honeydew and attend honeydew excreting insects. 



Revision: Wheeler, 1903. Psyche 10: 102-103. —Santschi, 1923. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de 

 Hist. Nat., An. 31: 650-674. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 47: 129, 139 (larvae). 



—Wheeler and Wheeler, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 652 (larvae, Braehymyrmecini). 



Biology: Amaud and Quate, 1951. Pan-Pacific Ent. 27: 171 (note on swarming). 

 depilis Emery. N. S. s. to Fla. w. to B. C, Calif. Ecology: Nests are small and inconspicuous 

 and are in the soil under stones, rotten wood, or other objects. 

 Brachymyrmex heerii depilis Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 635. 5 . 

 Brcu:hym,yrm£X nanellus Wheeler, 1903. Psyche 10: 102. 5, <J. 

 Brachym,yrm^x depilis flavescens Grtmdmann, 1952. Kans. Ent. Soc., Jour. 25: 117. 5. 



Taxonomy: Santschi, 1923. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 31: 664. —Cole, 1940. 

 . Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 65. —Gregg, 1944. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 37: 469. —Cole, 1953. 

 Ent. News 64: 266. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 47: 139 (larva). 

 —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1968. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 61: 210 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 389. —Smith, 1927. Ent. News 38: 

 313. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 37: 469. — Headley, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 

 45: 436, 439. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak., pp. 161-163. —Gregg, 1963. 

 Ants of Colo., pp. 447^449. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, pp. 

 108-109. 

 obscurior Forel. Fla., s. Tex.; Mexico, Central Amer., W. Indies. Possibly introduced into U. S. 

 Brachymyrmex heeri var. obscurior Forel, 1893. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 345. 5, 2, 6. 



Taxonomy: Santschi, 1923. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat, An. 31: 654, 666. —Smith, 

 1936. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 20: 866-867 (also biol. notes). —Brown, 1957. Harvard 

 Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 116: 237. 



Biology: Plank and Smith, 1940. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 24: 60. 



Tribe CAMPONOTINI 

 Genus CAMPONOTUS Mayr 



This large genus of ants is found throughout North America and most other parts of the 

 world. They are commonly referred to as carpenter ants, especially members of the subgenus 

 Camponotus, because of their habit of nesting in wood. However, many species nest in the soil, 



