Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1451 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1913. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 389, 421-423 (each 

 caste). —Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 28: 376-378. —Wilson and Brown, 1955. Psyche 

 62: 128. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 534. —Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 27: 401. — Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 85. — LaBerge, 1952. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 25: 59. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 611-613. 



Species Group Paludefulva 



Members of this group nest in the soil under stones or at the base of tufts of grass. There is 

 usually no mound or crater marking the nest. They serve as hosts of slave-making species of 

 Formica. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 104: 543-552 (subg. 

 Neoformica). 



archboldi Smith. Ga., Ala., Fla. 



Formica palHde-fulva archboldi Smith, 1944. Fla. Ent. 27: 16. 2. 



Biology: Schneirla, 1944. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1261: 1-2. 

 pallidefulva nitidiventris Emery. Ont., Que. s. to Ga. w. to Wis., S. Dak, Wyo., Colo., N. Mex. 

 Formica pallide-fulva nitidiventris Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 645, 656. 



5, ?, 6. 

 Formica pallide-fulva schaufussi war. incerta Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 



645,655. 5, 9, 6. 

 Formica pallide-fulva fuscata Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 645, 656. 2. 

 Formica pallide-fulva delicata Cole, 1938. Amer. Midland Nat. 20: 369. 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 401. —Wheeler, 1913. Harvard 

 Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 401, 554-557. —Wheeler, 1917. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. 

 Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 595, 598. — Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col, Jour. Sci. 18: 299, 309-310. 

 —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 159-160 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 370-371. —Wheeler, 1917. Ind. Acad. 

 Sci., Proc. 26: 465. — Rau, 1934. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 28: 211-212. —Wesson and 

 Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 102. —Talbot, 1946. Ecology 27: 65-70. — Schread 

 and Chapman, 1948. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 515: 18. —Talbot, 1948. Ecology 29: 

 316-325. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 628-630. 

 pallidefulva pallidefulva Latreille. N. Y., N. J. s. to Fla. w. to Colo., Okla., Tex. 

 Formica pallide-fulva Latreille, 1802. Hist. Nat. Fourmis, p. 174. 5 . 

 Formica pallide-fulva var. su^cinea Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 369. 5. 



Taxonomy: Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 645, 656-657. —Wheeler, 1913. 

 Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 401, 548-552. 



Biology: Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 298, 306. —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 24: 81. —Schneirla, 1944. Amer Mus. Novitates 1261: 2-3. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 

 625-628. 

 schaufussi dolosa Wheeler. Va. s. to Fla. w. to Iowa, Colo., Tex. 



Formica pallide-fulva schaufussi var. meridionalis Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



Bui. 20: 370. 5. Preocc. by Ruzsky, 1889. 

 Formica pallide-fulva schaufussi var. dolosa Wheeler, 1912. Psyche 19: 90. N. name for 

 meridionalis Wheeler. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1913. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 401, 554 (worker, 

 female). —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 73, 79. —Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. 

 Sci. 18: 299. 



Biology: Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 299, 306. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 

 630-632. 

 schaufussi schaufussi Mayr. Ont. s. to N. C, Tenn. w. to Wis., Iowa. 



Formica Schaufussi Mayr, 1886. Akad. der Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. Sitzber. 53: 493. 9. 



