1384 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



viridum peninsulatum Gregg. Ga., Fla. w. to Colo., Ariz., s. Calif. Ecology: Most commonly 

 found in soil under objects. 

 Monomorium peninsulatum Gregg, 1945. Psyche 52:62. 5,9. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 368-370. 

 viridum viridum Brown. N. Y. (Coram, Selden, L. I.), N. J. (Lakehurst). Ecology: The types 

 from N. J. were taken from nests with 5 to 8 inch craters in yellow and white sand 

 among scanty, low weeds of a roadside strip. 

 Monomorium viridum. Brown, 1943. Ent. News 54:243. 9,9. 



Genus XENOMYRMEX Forel 



Xenomyrmex Forel, 1885. Soc. Vaud. des Sci.Nat., Bui. 20:369. 



Type-species: Xenomyrmex stollii Forel. Monotypic. 

 Myrm,ecineUa Wheeler, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates 46:1. 



Type-species: Myrmecinella panamana Wheeler. Monotypic. 



A small New World genus of three species. The ants are arboreal, nesting in small colonies in 

 plant cavities such as twigs, galls, and thorns. 



Revision: Wheeler, 1931. Rev. de Ent. 1:129-139. — Creighton, 1957. Amer. Mus. Novitates 

 1843:1-14. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1953. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1634:2. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1960. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 62:19-20 (larva). — Ettershank, 1966. Austral. Jour. Zool. 14:150-152. 

 floridanus floridanus Emery. Fla.; Bahamas, Cuba. Another subspecies is found in Mexico. 

 Xenomyrmex stolli floridanus Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:275. 5, d. 

 Xenomyrmex stolli floridanus var. lucayamis Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 



21:87. 5. 

 Xenomyrmex stolli rufescens Wheeler, 1931. Rev. de Ent. 1:133,137. 9. 

 Xenomyrmex stolli cubanu^s Wheeler, 1931. Rev. de Ent. 1:134-135. $ . 



Biology: Wheeler, 1901. Amer. Nat. 35:538. —Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. See., Jour. 40:6. 



Morphology: Holldobler, 1971. Jour. Ins. Physiol. 17:1497-1499 (sex pheromone). 



Genus SOLENOPSIS Westwood 



Solenopsis Westwood, 1841. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 6:86. 



Type-species: Soletuypsis mandibularis Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Diplorhoptrum Mayr, 1855. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 5:449. 



Type-species: Formica fugax Latreille. Monotypic. 

 Solenopsis subg. Synsolenopsis Forel, 1918. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat., Bui. 52:155. 



Type-species: Solenxypsis bruchiella Emery. Monotypic. 

 Solenopsis subg. Diagyne Santschi, 1923. Rev. Suisse de Zool. 30:267. 



Type-sjjecies: Solenopsis succinea Emery. Monotypic. 

 Labauchena Santschi, 1930. Soc. Ent. Argent., Rev. 13:81. 



Type-sjjecies: Labattchena daguerrei Santschi. Monotypic. 

 Solenopsis subg. Euophthalma Creighton, 1930. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 66: 43. 



Type-sp»ecies: Myrmica globtilaria Smith. Orig. desig. 

 Solenopsis subg. Oedaleocerus Creighton, 1930. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 66:43. 



Type-species: Solenopsis argulata Emery. Orig. desig. 

 Bisolenopsis Kusnezov, 1953. Acta. Zool. Lilloana [Tucuman] 13:1. 



Type-species: Bisolenopsis sea Kusnezov. Monotypic. 

 Paranamyrma Kusnezov, 1954. Mus. Entre Rios, Mem. 30:9. 



Type-species: Pamnamyrmxi solenopsidis Kusnezov. Monotypic. 

 Lilidris Kusnezov, 1957. Zool. Anz. 158:268, 274. Uncertain syn. 



Type-species: Lilidris metatarsalis Kusnezov. Monotypic. 

 Solenopsis subg. Granisolenopsis Kusnezov, 1957. Zool. Anz. 158:270, 277. 



Type-species: Soletwpsis (Granisolenopsis) granivora Kusnezov. Monotypic. 



