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equipment by cave-ins of the nest; and can inflict painful bites. Texas leafcutting ant; 

 also known locally as the town ant, night ant, cut ant, parasol ant, pack ant, or fungus 

 ant. 

 Myrmica (Atta) texana Buckley, 1860. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 12:233. 5, 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 23:700-703. — Goncalves, 1942. Soc. 

 Brasil. de Agron., Bol. 5:335, 337, 343. — Byars, 1949. Jour. Econ. Ent. 42:545. — Borgmeier, 

 1950. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, Mem. 48:260-261. —Borgmeier, 1959. Studia Ent. 2:356-358. 

 —Smith, 1963. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 65:299-301. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1974. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 76:79-81 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 23:729-742. —Hunter, 1912. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Bur. Ent. Cir. 148:1^. ^ones, 1917. Jour. Econ. Ent. 10:561. —Snyder, 1937. La. 

 Conserv. Rev., pp. 14-17. —Walter, Seaton, and Mathewson, 1938. U. S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 

 494:1-18. — Metcalf and Flint, 1939. Destructive and Useful Insects, p. 771. —Smith, 1939. 

 South. Forest Expt. Sta., Occas. Papers 84:2-6. -Johnston, 1944. Jour. Forestry 42:130-132. 

 —Bennett, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Pest Leaflet 23:1-4 (rev. 1967). — Warter, Moser, 

 and Blum, 1962. La. Acad. Sci., Proc. 25:42-46 (correlation between night hawk feeding and 

 nuptial flights). — Moser, 1962. Forests and People 12:40-41 (nesting habits). — Moser, 

 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 56:286-291 (contents and structure of nest in summer). 

 — Moser, 1964. Science 143:1048-1049 (inquiline roach responds to trail-making substance). 

 — Moser, 1967. Insectes Sociaux 14:295-312 (mating activities). — Moser, 1967. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Nat. Hist. 76:33-35. —Weber, 1972. Amer. Phil. Soc., Mem. 92, pp. 3, 24, 30-33, 

 35, 37-38, 65, 81, 84. 



Morphology: Moser and Blum, 1963. Science 140:1228 (trail marking substance, source and 

 potency). — Moser, Brownlee, and Silverstein, 1968. Jour. Ins. Physiol. 14:529-535 (alarm 

 pheromones). — Hermann, Moser, and Hunt, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63:1152-1158 

 (poison apparatus, morphological and behavioral changes). — Moser and Silverstein, 1967. 

 Nature 215:206-207 (volatility of trail marking substance). — Tumlinson, et al., 1971. 

 Nature 234: 348-349 (identification of trail pheromone). — Tumlinson, et al., 1972. Jour. 

 Insect. Physiol. 18: 809-814 (a volatile trail pheromone). —Riley, et al., 1974. Science 183: 

 760-762 (biological responses to its alarm pheromone). 



Unplaced Taxa of Myrmicinae 



Pheidole buckleyi Smith, 1951. In Muesebeck, et al, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2:806. N. 



name for Atta pennsylvanica Buckley. 

 Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) sanguinea coachellai Enzmann, 1946. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 54:95. 



5 . In same paper, fig. 3 of the petiole is given as that of Crematogaster {Acrocoelia) 



lineolata var. coachellai. 

 Myrmica corrugata Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1:291. 9,6. 

 Myrmica dimidiata Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1:293. 9 (?). N. Amer. 

 Myrmica (MonoTnarium (.')) diversa Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:337. 5,9. Tex. 

 Myrmica inflecta Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1:292. 6. 

 Myrmica (Monomarium (.')) lineolata Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:340. 5,9. Preocc. 



by Say, 1836. No locality. 

 Solenopsis madara Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7:200. 5,9. 



Myrmica (Monomarium (.')) montana Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:339. 5. Tex. 

 Myrmica novaeboracensis Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:337. 9. N. Y. 

 Myrmica opposita Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1:292. 5, cJ. N. Amer. 

 Atta pennsylvanica Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:345. 5, 1(. Pa. Previously placed in 



Pheidole where it would be preocc. by Roger, 1863; see Pheidole buckleyi Smith. 

 Atta picea Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:344. 5, V. Tex. 

 Oecodoma pilosa Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:348. 5 . Tex. 

 Myrmica (Diplorhoptrum) scabrata Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:343. 5 . Conn. 

 Myrmica (Atta) sublanuginosa Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:343. 5 . Tex. 

 Oecodoma tardigrada Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:349. 5, 9, S. Tex. 

 Pheidole pubiventris race timmi Forel, 1901. Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg 18:62. 5, 'U. 



"Probably of Mexican origin - Dr. R. Timm." 



