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essigi Smith. Idaho, Oreg., Nev., Calif. 



Camponotus caryae var. essigi Smith, 1923. Ent. News 24: 306. 2 . 



Biology: Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 89. 

 hyatti bakeri Wheeler. Calif. (Channel Islands). Ecology: Nests in soil. 



Camponotus hyatti var. bakeri Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 271. 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 300, 346. 

 hyatti hyatti Emery. Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Baja Calif.). Ecology: Colonies have been found in 

 the stem of Yucca and in soil under a dead juniper limb. 

 Camponotits (Camponotus) hyatti Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 669, 680. 



5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 300, 345-346. 



Biology: Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7: 19 (Nev. Test Site). 

 nearcticus Emery. Ont. s. to Fla. w. to N. Dak., Colo., Tex.; B. C. s. to Idaho, Calif. Ecology: 



Forms smjill colonies in dead twigs and branches, under bark of live and dead trees, in 



insect galls, pine cones, and rotting logs and stumps; also in wood products such as fenci 



posts and in woodwork of houses, especially the roofing. 

 Formica americana Buckley, 1866. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 154. 5,9. Questionably the 



same as nearcticus. 

 Camponotus (Camponotus) marginatum var. nearcticus Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 



System. 7: 669 675. 5, 9. 

 Camponotus (Camponotus) marginatus var. minutus Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 



System. 7: 669, 676. 5, 9. 

 Camponotus (Camporvoius) marginatus var. decipiens Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 



System. 7: 669,676. 5, 9. 

 Camponotus fallax fallax var. pardus Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 222, 225. 5, 



9,6. 

 Camponotus fallax fallax var. tanqtuiryi Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 222, 226. 



5, 9,6. 

 Camponotus fallax rasilis var. pavidus Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 18: 222, 228. 



5, 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 300. — Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., 

 Jour. Sci. 18: 293. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 193 Oarva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 402-403. —Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 18: 220-221. —Davis and Bequaert, 1922. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 17: 24. 

 — Kannoswki, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6: 134. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 675, 677. 

 —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak., pp. 173-174. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326, pp. 72-73 (economic importance). 



nevadensis Gregg. Nev. (Fuller Lake, 3 mi. S. Verdi, 6000 ft.). 



Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nevadensis Gregg, 1973. Southwest. Nat. 18: 39-43. $ , ^, 6. 

 sayi Emery. N. C. s. to Fla. w. to Nebr., Kans., Colo., Ariz., Calif. Ecology: The small colonies 

 are found in insect galleries in wood, in twigs and branches, insect galls, under bark, in 

 stalks of plants, and in rotting logs and stumps. A house infesting ant which may nest in 

 woodwork and feed on himian foods. In most literature as rasilis Wheeler. 



Camponotus (Campotwtus) sayi Emery, 1894. ZooL Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 7: 679. 5 . 



Camponotus sayi var. fricolor Pergande, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc 4: 161. $ , 9 , 6. 

 Preocc. in Camponotus by Latreille, 1798. 



Camponotus fallax rasilis Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 222, 227. 5, 9, cJ. 



Camponotus sayi califomica Emery, 1925. In Wytsman, (Jen. Ins. 183: 118. N. name for 

 bicolor Pergande. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 300. —Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col, 

 Jour. Sci. 18: 293-294. — SnelUng, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 70: 355-358. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 228. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 

 31: 302-303. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 675, 677. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Tech. Bui. 1326, pp. 73-74 (economic importance). 



