1416 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 306. —Wheeler, 1917. Conn. State 

 Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 589 (worker, female). —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland 

 Nat. 24: 60. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 726 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 316-319, 387-388. —Smith, 1924. Ent. 

 News 35: 81. —Talbot, 1956. Psyche 63: 134-139 (flight activities). — Kannowski, 1959. 

 Insectes Sociaux 6: 129-133. 

 plagiatus (Mayr). N. B., Ont. s. to Ga., Tenn., w. to N. Dak., 111. Ecology: Colonies are small and 



nests are found in inconspicuous places such as under forest debris in the soil, in hollow 



stems, and in curled-up leaves. 

 Hypoclinea plagiata Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 20: 957, 960. 5 . 

 Dolichoderus borealis Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 408. 5 . 

 Dolichoderus plagiatus var. inomatus Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 306, 



313. 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 310 (each caste). —Wheeler, 1917. 

 Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 590. —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 

 60. —Gregg, 1944. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ami. 37: 467. —Wheeler, and Wheeler, 1966. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 59: 727 (larva). — Francoeur and Beique, 1966. Canad. Ent. 98: 142 

 (Provancher types). 



Biology: AVheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 306, 315-316, 388. —Wheeler, 1908. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 621-622. —Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 24: 90, 99. —Kannowski, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6: 133. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants 

 of N. Dak, pp. 149-151. —Kannowski, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ami. 60: 1246-1252 

 (population studies). 



pustulatus Mayr. N. S. s. to Fla., w. to 111., Okla., Tex. Ecology: Colonies are small and nests 

 are found under piles of detritus or in a hard, thin carton shell above ground about 

 blades of a tuft of grass. 



Dolichoderus frmtulatiis Mayr, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien., Verh. 36: 435-436. 5,9. 



Dolichoderus plagiatiis var. beutenmuelleri Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20: 

 304. 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 306, 313, 388. —Smith, 1924. Ent. 

 News 35: 82. —Smith, 1931. Ent. News 42: 22. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1966. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 59: 727-728 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21: 315-316, 388. —Wheeler, 1917. Ind. 



Acad. Sci., Proc. 26: 462. —Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 40: 12. —Wesson and 



Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 89, 99. — Kannowski, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6: 



133-134, 155. —Kannowski, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 1246-1252 (population studies). 



taschenberg^ (Mayr). N. S., Ont. s. to S. C, w. to Man., N. Dak., S. Dak., La. Ecology: Nests of 



rather large colonies are constructed in the soil in wooded areas or the edge of woods 



and usually have a low moimd of thatch (grass, twigs, needles) over the entrance hole. 



Workers commonly attend honeydew-excreting insects. 

 Hypoclinea Taschenbergi Mayr, 1866. Akad. der Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. Sitzber. 53: 



498. 9. 

 Dolichoderus taschenbergi var. gagates Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bul. 21: 306, 



310. 9. Preocc. by Emery, 1890. 

 Dolichoderus {Hypoclinea) taschenbergi var. aterrimus Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., Bul. 34: 417. N. name for gagates Wheeler. 

 Dolichoderus tachenbergi var. wheeleriella Forel, 1916. Rev. Suisse de Zool. 24: 458. N. 



name for gagates Wheeler. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bul. 21: 306, 309-310. —Smith, 1924. Ent. 

 News 35: 82. —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 60. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1966. Ent. 

 Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 728 Garva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1915. Psyche 22: 306. —Smith, 1924. Ent. News 35: 81-82. — Logier, 1923. 

 Canad. Ent. 55: 247. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 292-293. —Wesson and 

 Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24: 99. —Kannowski, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 



