Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1335 



Biology: Haskins and Haskins, 1951. Amer. Midland Nat. 45: 432-445 (colony founding of A. 

 aiistralis Erichson). 



Morphology: Eisner, 1957. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. ZooL, Bui. 116: 476 (proventriculus). 

 oregonense CWheeler). B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Usually at low elevations in the 

 coastal mountains. 

 Stigmatomma pallipes oregonense Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34: 389. 5 , 

 9. 

 Taxonomy: Brown, 1960. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 122: 169, 183. 

 pallipes (Haldeman). Ont., Que. s. to Ga. w. to Wis., Iowa, Okla., Colo., Tex., Ariz. Ecology: The 

 small colonies are most common in areas of heavy cover and considerable precipitation. 

 Chilopods appear to be the main food source. 

 Typhlopone pallipes Haldeman, 1844. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 2: 54. 5 . 

 Stigmatomma serratum Roger, 1859. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 3: 251. 5. 

 Arotrojms binodosus Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 206. 9 . 

 Stigmatomma pallidipesC.) var. Wheelen Santschi, 1913. Soc. Ent. Belg., Ann. 57: 429. 5, 



9,3. 

 Stigmntomma pallipes arizonense Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34: 389. 5 . 

 Stigmatomma pallipes m,ontigena Creighton, 1940. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1079: 2, 7. 5 , 9 . 

 Stigmatomma pallipes subterranea Creighton, 1940. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1079: 3, 8. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8: 261-262 (each caste). —Wheeler and 

 Wheeler, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 114 (larva). — Brovm, 1960. Harvard Univ., Mus. 

 Comp. Zool, Bui. 122: 169, 183-185. — Francoeur and Beique, 1966. Canad. Ent. 98: 141 

 (Provancher types). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1900. Biol. Bui. 2: 56-64. —Haskins, 1928. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 36: 179-184. 

 — Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 18: 279. —Cole, 1953. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 28: 

 84. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 279-282. 



Morphology: Whelden, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 65: 1-21 (anatomy). — Gotwald, 1969. N. Y. 

 Agr. Expt. Sta. (Cornell Univ.), Mem. 408: 25-42 (mouthparts). 

 trigonigrnatha Brown. N. C. (Concord). Ecology: Sifted from leaf mold in Berlese funnel. 

 Am,blyopone (Stigmatom.ma) trigonignatha Brown, 1949. Psyche 56: 81-84. 5. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1960. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 122: 169, 185. 



Genus PRIONOPELTA Mayr 



Prionopelta Mayr, 1866. Akad. der Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. Sitzber. 53: 503. 



Type-species: Prionopelta punctulata Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Renea Donisthorpe, 1947. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 14: 183. Preocc. by NeviU, 1880. 



Type-species: Renea testacea Donisthorpe. Orig. desig. 

 Examblyopone Donisthorpe, 1949. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 2: 401. 



Type-species: Examblyopone churchilli Donisthorpe. Orig. desig. 



A tropicopolitan genus of small, soil-inhabiting ants. 



Revision: Brown, 1960. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 122: 173-178. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1951. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., BuL 46: 102. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1952. 

 Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 120 (larvae). —Brown, 1953. Breviora 11: 11. —Wheeler and 

 Wheeler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 447 (larvae; Prirwpelta{!)). 

 antillana Forel. Fla. (Juniper Springs, Marion Co.); W. Indies, Central America to Brazil, 

 Bolivia (?). Ecology: Specimens have been foimd in soil. 

 Prionopelta punctulata antillana Forel, 1909. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., p. 239. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1960. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 122: 178. 



Biology: Kempf, 1961. Studia Ent. 4: 489-490 (in soil samples in Surinam). 



Tribe PLATYTHYREINI 

 Revision: Brown, 1975. Search, Agr., Ent. (Ithaca) 15, 5 (1): 4-11 (world genera and species). 



