Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1349 



emeryana tahoensis Wheeler. Mont., Wyo., Utah, Ariz. w. to B. C, Oreg., Nev., Calif. Ecology: 

 Mostly in mountains at higher elevations. 

 Myrmica scabrinodis scheyicki var. tahoensis Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., 

 Proc. 52:504. 5, 9, d. 



Biology: Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7 (3):3^ (Nevada Test Site). 

 hamulata hamulata Weber. Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz. Ecology: Apparently prefers to nest in 

 upland plateaus from 7,000 to 8,000 ft. 

 Myrmica sabuleti hamulata Weber, 1939. Lloydia 2:146. 5, 9, 6. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 300-301. 

 hamulata trullicomis Buren. Iowa. The exact status of this form will remain uncertain until a 

 male can be associated with the workers. 

 Myrmica sabuleti trullicomis Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 18:281. 9,9. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool. Bui. 104:99-100. 

 incompleta incompleta Provancher. Labrador s. to N. J., w. to Rocky Mtns., Colo., Utah, N. 



Mex. Ecology: Widely distributed with wide elevational tolerance. Prefers moist, grassy 



habitats where it usually nests under objects. Host of the inquiline Leptothorax 



provancheri Emery. 

 Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12:359. 5, 9, 6. 

 Myrmica rubra brevinodis Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System 8:312. 9, d. 

 Myrmica rubra brevinodis var. canadensis Wheeler, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc., Bui. 5:76. 



9, 9, S. 

 Myrmica rubra brevinodis var. subalpina Wheeler, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc., Bui. 5:77. 9 , 



9,6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1952. Psyche 59:116 (larva). — Francoeur and Beique, 1966. 

 Canad. Ent. 98:141 (Provancher types). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc., Bui. 5:73, 77-83. —Wheeler, 1916. Conn. State 

 Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22:587. — Kannowski, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6:121, 155 

 (pleometrosis). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak., pp. 99-101. —Gregg, 1963. 

 Ants of Colo., pp. 291-292, 294. 

 incompleta kuschei Wheeler. Alaska. 



Myrmica brevinodis var. kuschei Wheeler, 1917. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 



61:17. 9, 9. 

 Myrmica brevinodis var. aUiskensis Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 



52:503. 9. 

 incompleta sulcinodoides Emery. S. Dak., Colo., N. Mex. w. to Alta., Alaska, B. C, Oreg., 



Calif. Some authors do not consider this a valid subspecies. 

 Myrmica rubra brevinodis var. sulcinodoides Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 



8:313. 9. 

 Myrmica i^bra brevinodis var. frigida Forel, 1902. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 699. 9 . 

 Myrmica rubra brevinodis var. whymperi Forel, 1904. Soc. Ent. Belg., Ann. 48:154. 9. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1915. Psyche 22:206. —Cole, 1934. Psyche 41:223. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of 

 Colo., pp. 293-295, 297. 

 lampra Francoeur. Que. (Pare des Laurentides). Ecology: Apparently parasitic, taken from 

 nest of another Myrmica. Host: Myrmica sp. 

 Myrmica lampra Francoeiu", 1968. Nat. Canad. 95:729. 9,6. 

 lobicomis fracticomis Emery. Newfoundland s. to Tenn., Ohio w. to Rocky Mtns. Colo., N. 

 Mex., Utah, Ariz. Ecology: Nests are usually near a stream or slough, under stones or 

 wood. Host of the inquiline Leptothorax provancheri Emery. M. lobicomis lobicomis 

 Nylander is Palearctic. 

 Myrmica rubra scabrinodis var. fracticomis Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 



8:313. 9. 

 Myrmica rubra scabri7iodis var. detrinodis Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 

 8:316. 9 . A questionable synonym. 



