Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1343 



opaciceps (Mayr). S. C. to Fla. w. to Colo., Ariz.; s. to Argentina, W. Indies; s. e. Asia, 

 Polynesia. Probably spread from New World to Old World by commerce. 

 Ponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien., Verb. 37: 536. $ . 

 Ponera perkinsi Forel, 1899. Faiina Hawaiiensis, p. 117. 5, 9, d. 

 Ponera andrei Emery, 1900. Termes. Fuzetek 23: 318. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1929. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 22: 545-546. —Smith and Haug, 1931. Ent. 

 Soc. Amer., Ann. 24: 507-509 (ergatandrous form). — Wheeler and Wheeler, 1952. Amer. 

 Midland Nat. 48: 364 (larva). — Kempf, 1962. Studia Ent. 5: 7-9. —Wilson and Taylor, 1967. 

 Pacific Ins. Monog. 14: 28 (Polynesia). —Taylor, 1968. Ent. News 79: 65. —Wheeler and 

 Wheeler, 1971. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 64: 1210 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 125, 404. —Smith, 1927. Ent. News 

 38: 308-309. —Kempf, 1960. Studia Ent. 3: 391. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 283-284. 

 opacior (Forel). Va. to Fla. w. to Ohio, Iowa, Colo., Tex.; Oreg., Calif.; Mexico s. to Chile, 



Argentina; W. Indies. More sporadically distributed west of Tex. than in eastern states. 

 Ponera trigona var. opacior Forel, 1893. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 363. 3,9. 



Taxonomy: Taylor, 1968. Ent. News 79: 65. 



Biology: Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 272, 274, 277, 304 (Tenn.) —Cole, 1940. 

 Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 37 (Smoky Mts.). — Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 63 

 (Calif.). —Potts, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 26 (Calif.). —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 

 284-286. 

 punctatissima (Roger). Fla., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; s. to Central Amer., W. Indies; 



Europe, N. Africa. Ecology: Nearly cosmopolitan in warmer parts of world. Possibly 



introduced; probably of African origin. 

 Ponera punctatissima Roger, 1859. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 3: 246-248. $ , 9 . 

 Ponera androgyna Roger, 1859. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 3: 254. Ergatoid 6. 

 Ponera ergatandria Forel, 1893. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 365. 5,9, apterous ergatoid 



6. 

 Ponera punctatissima schauinslandi Emery, 1899. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System 12: 439. 9. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 422, 425-426 (female, worker, apterous 

 ergatoid male). —Wilson and Taylor, 1967. Pacific Ins. Monog. 14: 28-29 (Polynesia; 

 synonymy under gleadovn (Forel) listed by Wilson, 1958, Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 Bui. 119: 328-329 provisionaUy transferred to punctatissima. This synonymy is not listed 

 above). —Taylor, 1968. Ent. News 79: 65. 



Biology: Smith, 1936. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 20: 825. —Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 63. 



Genus LEPTOGENYS Roger 



Only a single species of this tropicopolitan genus is known to occur in the United States. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1976. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 102: 49 (revised 

 characterization of larvae). 



Genus LEPTOGENYS Subgenus LEPTOGENYS Roger 



Leptogenys Roger, 1861. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 5: 41. 



Type-species: Leptogenys falcigera Roger. Desig. by Bingham, 1903. 

 Dorylozelus Forel, 1915. Arkiv for Zool. 9: 24-25. 



Type-species: Dorylozelus joebergi Forel. Monotypic. 

 Microbolbos Donisthorpe, 1948. Entomologist 81: 170. 



Type-species: Microbolbos testacev^ Donisthorpe. Orig. desig. 



Not known to occur in the Nearctic Region. 



Genus LEPTOGENYS Subgenus LOBOPELTA Mayr 



Lobopelta Mayr, 1862. Zool.-Bot. GeseU. Wien, Verb. 12: 733. 



Type-species: Ponera diminuta Smith. Desig. by Bingham, 1903. 



