1428 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



schaefferi Wheeler. S. Ariz. Ecology: Nests in dead oak limbs at elevations of about 5000 to 

 8000 feet. 

 Camponotus schaefferi Wheeler, 1909. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 17: 88. 5 , 2 . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 300, 344-345 (also biol. notes). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts, and Sci., Proc. 52: 557. 

 texanus Wheeler. Tex. Ecology: Nests have been found in oak logs. 

 Camponotus texanus Wheeler, 1903. Psyche 10: 108. 5 , 9 , 6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1909. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 17: 90. —Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 

 Ann. 20: 300, 344 (also biol. note). 



Genus CAMPONOTUS Subgenus TANAEMYRMEX Ashmead 



Tanaeniyrmex Ashmead, 1905. Canad. Ent. 37: 384. 



Type-species: Formica longipes (Jerstaecker. Grig, desig. 

 Myrmoturba Forel, 1912. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 20: 91. 



Type-species: Formica m,aculata Fabricius. Desig. by Wheeler, 1913. 



Most species of this subgenus nest in the soil under stones or other objects; occasionally nests 

 may be surmounted by a smaU crater. The ants rarely nest in wood, but, if so, the wood is 

 usually buried in the soil. 



acutirostris Wheeler. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Nests have been found in the ground 

 under stones. 

 Cam,ponotus (Cam.ponotv^) acutirostris Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 298, 317. 



Camponotus acutirostris var. clarigaster Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34: 

 420. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 561-562. 

 castaneus (Latreille). N. Y. s. to Fla. w. to Iowa, Okla., Tex. Ecology: Nests in rotting logs and 

 stumps, exposed soil, or in soil under objects. Occasionally enters buildings usually in 

 search of food. 

 Formica castanea Latreille, 1802. Hist. Nat. Fourmis, p. 118. 5, 9, cJ. 

 Formica m^llea Say, 1831. Descr. N. Spp. N. Amer. Ins. Found in La. by Jos. Barabino, p. 



14. 6. 

 Cam,ponotus clarus Mayr, 1862. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 12: 660. § . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 299, 321-323. —Cole, 1940. Amer. 

 Midland Nat. 24: 82, 84. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 402. —Gregg, 1944. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 37: 457, 477. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326, pp. 60-62. 

 dumetorum Wheeler. S. Calif. Ecology: Nests are common in the chaparral and are in the soU 

 usually surmounted by flat craters. 

 Camponotus (.Cam.ponotus) mnculatus dumetorum, Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 

 20:354. $, 6. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1970. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 72: 390-397. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 560. — MaUis, 1941. South. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 90-91. 

 festinatus (Buckley). Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in the ground 



under stones, logs, or dried cow dung. 

 Formica festinata Buckley, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 165. 5, 9. 

 Camponotus {Cam.ponotus) fumidus var. pubicomis Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 



System. 7: 668, 670. 5. 

 Cam,ponotus fragilis Pergande, 1893. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 26. 9 . 

 Cam.ponotu3 (Camporwtus) fumidus var. spurcus Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 



299,315. 9, 9. 



