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socius Roger. N. C. s. to Fla. w. to La.; Brazil. Ecology: Nests are built in branches and rotten 

 logs that are covered by sand. Introduced into the U. S. 

 Cam-ponotus socius Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7: 140. 9 . 



Cam-ponotus (Tanaetnyrmex) socius var. osceola Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 40: 

 15. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 298, 319-321 (each caste). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 14-15. — Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 104: 374. — Holldobler, 1971. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 75: 123-142 

 (recruitment behavior). 

 tortuganus Emery. S. Fla. Ecology: May nest in soil under stones or under rotting wood. A 

 frequent house pest and reported to have been found nesting in siding and roofing of 

 bviildings. 

 Camponotus maculatus tortuganus Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8: 336. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 299, 310-312 (each caste). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 40: 13-14. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Tech. Bui. 1326, pp. 62-63. 

 vafer Wheeler. Ariz. (Huachuca Mts., 5000 to 6000 ft.). Ecology: Nests were found under 



stones. 

 Camponotus {Camponotus) vafer Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 299, 315. 9,9. 

 vicinus Mayr. Man., N. Dak., Colo., Okla., w. to B. C, Oreg., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in 



soil under stones or in rotting wood buried in the soil. 

 Formica Tejonia Buckley, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila, Proc. 6: 161. S. Questionably the same as 



vicinus. 

 Camponotus vicinus Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 20: 940. 5 . 

 Camponotus (Camponotus) maculatus vicinus var. nitidiventris Emery, 1893. Zool. 



Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 668, 672. 5 . 

 Cam,ponotus (Camponotus) maculatus vicinus var. infemalis Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. 



Sci., Ann. 20: 298, 305. 5. 

 Camponotus {Cam.ponotus) maculatus vicinus var. luteangulus Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. 



Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 298, 304. $, d. 

 Cam-ponotus (CampoTVotus) maculatus vicinus var. mnritimus Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. 



Sci., Ann. 20: 298, 305. $, 9, d. 

 Camponotus (Camponotus) maculatus vicinus var. plorabilis Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. 



Sci., Ann. 20: 298, 303. 5, 9, cJ. 

 Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus vicinus var. subrostrata Forel, 1914. Deut. Ent. 



Ztschr., p. 620. 5 . 

 Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus Maccooki berkeleyensis Forel, 1914. Deut. Ent. 



Ztschr., p. 619. 5. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 28: 387. —Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., Bui. 104: 381. — Snelling, 1970. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 72: 390-397. —Wheeler 

 and Wheeler, 1968. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 61: 220 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., BuL 22: 345. —Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. 

 Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 599-560. — MaUis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 92. 

 — McClure, 1943. EcoL Monog. 13: 19. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak, pp. 

 170-171. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 671-675. —Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. 

 Bui., Biol. Ser. 7: 20 (Nev. Test Site). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, 

 pp. 113-114. 



Genus CAMPONOTUS Subgenus MYRMOTHREX Forel 



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



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



Most members of this subgenus are Neotropical with two forms extending into southern 

 United States. 



Revision: Santschi, 1936. Rev. de Ent. 6: 207-218. 



