Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1381 



vermiculata Emery. N. C. s. to Fla., w. to Ark., La. Ecology: Arboreal, found only in cypress 

 swamps. 

 Crematogaster vermiculata Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:286. 5 . Types 

 mislabeled, not found in Calif, or other western states. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 62:13 (larva). 



Tribe SOLENOPSIDINI 

 Genus MONOMORIUM Mayr 



Monomorium Mayr, 1855. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 5:452. 



Type-species: MoTiomorium minutum Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Phacota Roger, 1862. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 6:260. Uncertain syn. 



Type-species: Phacota sicheli Roger. Monotypic. 

 Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865. Novara Exped., Zool., Formicidae, pt. 2, v. 1, p. 19. 



Type-species: Trichxymyrmex rogeri Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Lampromyrmex Mayr, 1868. Beitr. Naturk. Preuss. 1:92. 



Type-species: Lampromyrmex gracillim,us Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Holcomyrmex Mayr, 1878. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 28:671. 



Type-species: Holocomyrmex scabriceps Mayr. Desig. by Bingham, 1903. 

 Epoecus Emery, 1892. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. 61: CCLXXVI. 



Type-species: Epoecus pergandei Emery. Monotypic. 

 Wheeleria Forel, 1905. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 49:171. Preocc. by Tutt, 1895. 



Type-species: Wheeleria santschii Forel. Monotypic. 

 Wheeleriella Forel, 1907. Inst. Sci. Revue 4:145. N. name for Wheeleria Forel. 

 Epixemis Emery, 1908. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., p. 556. 



Type-species: Epixenus andrei Emery. Desig. by Wheeler, 1911. 

 Monomorium subg. Xeromyrmex Emery, 1915. Ent. Soc. de France, Bui. p. 190. 



Type-species: Formica salomonis Linnaeus. Orig. desig. 

 Monomorium, subg. Parholcom.yrmex Emery, 1915. Ent. Soc. de France, Bui. p. 190. 



Type-species: Myrmica gracillima Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Monomorium. subg. Paraholcomyrmex Emery, 1915. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. p. 191. 



Misspelling ?. 

 Mitara Emery, 1913. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 57:261. 



Type-sp)ecies: Monomorium laeve Mayr. Orig. desig. 

 Monomorium subg. Corynomyrmex Viehmeyer, 1916. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 18:134. 



Type-species: Monomorium (Corynomyrmex) hospitum Viehmeyer. Monotypic. 

 Monomorium subg. Isolcomyrmex Santschi, 1917. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 84:296. 



Type-species: Holcomyrmex santschii Forel. Orig. desig. 

 Paraphxicota Santschi, 1919. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui., p. 91. 



Type-species: Phacota noualhieri Emery. Orig. desig. 

 Monomorium subg. Equ^strimessor Santschi, 1919. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. p. 92. 



Type-species: Holcomyrmex chobauti Emery. Desig. by Donisthorpe, 1943. 

 Xenhyboma Santschi, 1919. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 19:405. Uncertain syn. 



Type-species: Xenhyboma mystes Santschi. Monotypic. 

 Equessimessor Santschi, 1936. Bui. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc. 16:32. Emend. 

 Isholcomyrmex Santschi, 1936. BuL Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc. 16:32. Variant spelling. 

 Ireneidris Donisthorpe, 1943. Ent. Monthly Mag. 79:81. 



Typ)e-S{)ecies: Ireneidris myops Donisthorpe. Monotypic. 

 Monomorium subg. Pharaophanes Bernard, 1952. Inst. Franc. d'Afr. Noire, Mem. 19:238. 



Nomen nudum. 

 Xenoaphaenogaster Baroni Urbani, 1964. Atti della Accad. Gioenia di Sci. Nat. Catania 

 16:50. Uncertain syn. 



Type-species: Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina Baroni Urbani. Orig. desig. 



Members of this genus are small in size and are particularly adaptable with respect to nesting 

 sites. They may nest in various preformed cavities or in soil. Most species are Old World, but 

 because of their adaptability and size, they are especially susceptible to distribution by com- 



