Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1447 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1912. Psyche 19: 173, 175. — Snelling, 1969. Los Angeles Co. Mus., 

 Contrib. Sci. 170: 4. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1968. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 61: 211-213 

 (larva). 

 mendax Wheeler. Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., s. Nev., s. Calif.; Mexico. 



Myrmecocystus melliger mendax Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 351. 5,9, 



6. 

 Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 349. 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1912. Psyche 19: 173. —Cole, 1954. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 29: 284. 

 —Snelling, 1969. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 170: 2. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, p. 376. —Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 28: 386. —Gregg, 

 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 643-645, 645-648 (misident. as comatus, p. 643-645). 

 mexicanus Wesmael. W. Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Nev., Calif.; Mexico. 



Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838. Brussels Acad. Roy. de Belg., Bui. CI. des Sci. 



5: 770. 5 . 

 Myrmecocystus Melliger var. hortus-deorum. McCook, 1881. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc., 

 pp. 65, 69. 5, replete 5, 9, <5. 



Taxonomy: Forel, 1886. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 30: 202. —Emery, 1893. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 

 System. 7: 666. —Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 356-360. —Wheeler, 1912. 

 Psyche 19: 173, 178. —Wheeler, 1968. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 61: 213 (larva). 



Biology: McCook, 1881. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc., pp. 17-77. —McCook, 1882. The Honey 

 Ants of the Garden of the Gods and the Occident Ants of the American Plains, pp. 17-74. 

 — Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bid. 40: 81. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 

 648-651. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, pp. 122-124. 



mimicus Wheeler. S.W. Kans., w. Okla., w. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. 



Myrmecocystus melliger mim.icus Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 353. 5 , 



9,d. 

 Myrmecocystus melliger mAmicus var. jesuita Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 



24: 354. 5. 

 Myrmecocystus melliger lomaensis Wheeler, 1912. Psyche 19: 174. 5, replete 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 104: 446. —Wheeler and 

 Wheeler, 1968. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 61: 213 (larva). 



Biology: Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27: 401^02. —Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 Bui. 40: 80. —Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7: 22 (Nev. Test Site). 

 —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, pp. 124-125. — Holldobler, 1976. 

 Science 192: 192-194 (tournaments and slavery). 

 navajo Wheeler. Colo., w. Tex., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., s. Nev., s. Calif. 



Myrmecocystus mexicanus navajo Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 360. 5 , 

 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1912. Psyche 19: 173, 179. 



Biology: Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 28: 386. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 651-653. 

 — Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, p. 125. 



placodops ForeL Tex. N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. 



Myrmecocystus melliger var. placodops Forel, 1908. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat., BuL 44: 70. 



5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1912. Psyche 19: 173. —Snelling, 1969. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. 

 Sci. 170: 6. 

 pyramicus Smith. Idaho, s.e. Oreg., Nev. 



Myrmecocystus pyramicus Smith, 1951. Great Basin Nat. 11: 91-94. 5. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 65: 129-130 (female, male). 

 romainei Cole. W. Kans., w. Okla., w. Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Nev.; Mexico. 

 Myrmecocystus melliger semirufus var. romainei Cole, 1936. Ent. News 47: 120. 5 . 



