Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1463 



nepticula Wheeler. Mass., Conn., 111., Iowa. Ecology: Nests in open woods under stones or 

 rotting limbs and are banked with vegetable debris. 

 Formica nepticula Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 270. 9, 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1913. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 394, 396, AlbAll (each 

 caste). —Wheeler, 1917. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 595, 597. 

 — Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 18: 30, 306. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22: 64. —Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 113, 

 205, 444. 

 nevadensis Wheeler. Nev. (Ormsby Co.). Ecology: Nests in open forests under stones and 

 surmounted by plant debris. 

 Formica microgyria var. nevadensis Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 373. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 272. —Wheeler, 1913. Harvard 

 Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 396, 470-472 (worker). —Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts 

 and Sci., Proc. 52: 544. —Cole, 1956. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 31: 256-257 (also biology). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 11, 444. 

 postoculata Kennedy and Dennis. Pa., Ind., 111., Iowa. Ecology: Nest of type series from 

 Indiana was in a pasture between two boulders and was covered with trash. 

 Formica postoculata Kennedy and Dennis, 1937. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 30: 540-542. 5 . 

 querquetulana Kennedy and Dennis. New England to Ohio. Ecology: Nests found in pastures 

 and sandy areas usually beneath objects and commonly covered with loose trash. Host: 

 Formica fusca L. 

 Formica querqiuetulana Kennedy and Dennis, 1937. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 30: 536-540. 5 , 

 9. 

 rasilis Wheeler. Colo., N. Mex., Utah northwest to Wash. Ecology: Nests in open or semi-open 

 areas usually under stones. Host: Formica argentea Wheeler, F. fusca L. Creighton 

 (1950) stated that there is a great deal of intergradation between rasilis and spicata 

 (see synonymy of densiventris); consequently, rasilis and densiventris may be 

 conspecific. 

 Formica microgyna var. rasilis Wheeler, 1903. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 19: 648. 2,9, 

 cJ. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1913. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 395-396, 46&469. 

 —Creighton, 1950. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool, Bui. 104: 506-507. 



Biology: Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 28: 376, 381. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 

 587-589. 



scitula Wheeler. Ga. (Clayton). 



Formica microgyna scitula Wheeler, 1913. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 53: 395, 

 470. 9. 

 spatulata Buren. Minn., Iowa, N. Dak., Mont., B. C. Ecology: Nests under stones. Host: 

 Formica fusca L. 

 Formica (Formica) m.icrogyna spatulata Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 18: 300, 

 305. 5, 9, 6. 



Biology: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak., p. 253. 

 whymperi adamsi Wheeler. Mich, to Minn. Ecology: Has been found in drier tamarack 

 swamps in nests covered with leaves. 

 Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 17: 84. 5. 

 Formica adam^ Wheeler, 1909. Mich. Geol. Survey, Bui. 5: 326. 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1913. Harvard Univ. Mus. Comp. ZooL, BuL 53: 395, 473^74. —Wheeler, 



1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52: 544. 

 Biology: Drooz, 1960. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1212, p. 36 (predator of larch sawfly). 

 whymperi alpina Wheeler. Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah. Ecology: Found at high elevations, 



mostly above 9,000 feet where it nests in forests under stones or rotting logs and with 

 some plant debris or thatch around these objects. Host: Formica neorufibarbis Emery. 

 Formica adamsi var. alpina Wheeler, 1909. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 17: 85. 5. 



