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pylartes pylartes Wheeler. La., Tex. Ecology: Colonies found in twigs and spines of trees and 

 shrubs. 

 Camponotiis (Colobopsis) pylartes Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 147. 5 , 



■y, 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 120. —Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. 

 Sci., Ann. 20: 301. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 153-158. 



Genus CAMPONOTUS Subgenus MYRMAPHAENUS Emery 



MyrmaphaemLS Emery, 1920. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 8: 237. 



Type-species: Camponotus leydigi Forel. Orig. desig. 

 Paracolobopsis Emery, 1920. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 8: 249. 



Type-sf>ecies: Camponotus salvini Forel. Orig. desig. 

 Neomyrmamblys Wheeler, 1921. Psyche 28: 19. 



Type-species: Camponotus fastigatus Roger. Desig. by Santschi, 1921. 



Only two species of this Neotropical subgenus reach the United States. 



ulcerosus Wheeler. Tex., Ariz.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests are constructed in the soil beneath 

 stones. A carton shield is constructed at the nest entrance with an opening the same 

 size as the head of the major worker. Thus, the major worker functions as a door in this 

 opening. 



Camponotus {Cam,ponotus) ulcerosus Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 351. 5. 



Camponotus (Campmiotus) bruesi Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 299, 349. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1951. Psyche 58: 47-64 (also biology). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 562. —Creighton, 1953. Psyche 

 60: 82-84. — Samuelson, 1961. Pan-Pacific Ent. 37: 189 (association with larvae of Strymon 

 melinus). 

 yogi Wheeler. S. Calif. Ecology: Most colonies have been found in living stems of Haplopappfus 

 pinifolius where they live in burrows made by buprestids. 

 Camponotus yogi Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34: 420. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 650 (larva). — Creighton 

 and Snelling, 1966. Psyche 73: 187-195 (female, male; biological notes). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 562. — Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Bui. 40: 92. 



Genus CAMPONOTUS Subgenus MYRMOBRACHYS Forel 



Myrmobrachys Forel, 1912. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 20: 91. 



Type-species: Formica senex Smith. Desig. by Wheeler, 1913. 



This Neotropical subgenus extends into Florida, Texas, and Arizona. The species found in the 

 United States usually nest under bark of trees, in branches of trees and shrubs, and in logs and 

 stumps. 



mina Forel. S. Ariz.; Mexico. Ecology: Most colonies have been found nesting in mesquite. 

 Camponotus Mina Forel, 1879. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat, Bui. 16: 83. 5 . 

 Camponotus erythroprus Pergande, 1894. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 28. 9 . 

 Camponotus (Camponotus) mina zuni Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 300. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1965. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2239: 1-7 (also biological notes). 

 planatus Roger. S. Fla., S. Tex.; W. Indies, Mexico. Ecology: Arboreal, nesting in branches and 

 under bark. 

 Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7: 148. 5, 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1910. N. Y. Acad. Sci., Ann. 20: 301, 348-349. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46: 194 (larva). 



