Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1389 



Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) tennesseensis Smith, 1951. In Muesebeck, et al., U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Agr. Monog. 2:814. N. name. 



texana catalinae Wheeler. Calif. (Catalina Is.). 



Solenopsis texana catalinae Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:269. 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1905. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 4:60. 

 texana texana Emery. Ont. s. to Fla., w. to Okla., Tex. Ecology: Nests have been found in logs, 

 stumps, and under bark. 

 Solenopsis pollux var. texana Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:278. 5 . 

 Solenopsis rosella Kennedy, 1938. Canad. Ent. 70:232. 5, 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:430-431. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1955. Amer. Midland Nat. 54:136 (larva). 



Biology: Mitchell and Pierce, 1912. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14:70. 

 truncorum Forel. N. C. s. to Fla., w. to Colo., Ariz., Calif. Ecology: Nests have been found 

 under rocks and other objects; lestobiotic. 

 Solenopsis texana race truncorum Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:346. 2, 9. 

 Solenopsis molesta var. castariea Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:430. 2 . 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 378-380. 

 xyloni McCook. N. C. s. to Fla., w. to Colo., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests are in ground in 

 exposed soil or under cover of stones or other objects, sometimes in wood; they are 

 surmounted by irregular and variable-shaped mounds of loose soil. A serious pest in 

 some parts of its range: builds ugly mounds on lawns, inflicts painful stings, steals seeds 

 from seedbeds, kills young poultry and other birds, girdles nursery stock, gnaws into 

 buds, tubers, and fruits of various plants, bites holes in fabrics such as silk, nylon, and 

 linen, removes rubber insulation from telephone wires, and feeds on household foods. 

 Southern fire ant. 



Solenopsis xyloni McCook, 1879. In Comstock, Rpt. Cotton Ins., p. 188. 5,9. 



Myrmica (Atta) sabeana Buckley, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6:343. 5 . Syn. questionable. 



Solenopsis geminata maniosa Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat Hist., Bui. 34:396. ^ ,%, 9 , 

 6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1955. Amer. Midland Nat. 54:133 (larva). — Snelling, 1963. 

 Calif. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Occas. Papers No. 3:9. 



Biology: Severin, 1923. Jour. Econ. Ent. 16:96-97. —Smith, 1936. Jour. Econ. Ent. 29:120-122. 

 — Eckert and MaUis, 1937. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta. Cir. 342:10-21. — Mallis, 1938. Pan-Pacific 

 Ent. 14:87-91. — Metcalf and Flint, 1939. Destructive and Useful Insects, p. 771. 

 — Eagleson, 1940. Jour. Econ. Ent. 33:700. — Wray, 1962. Jour. Econ. Ent. 55:145 (apparent 

 introduction into N. C). —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 370-371, 373. —Smith, 1965. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326:38-40 (economic importance). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. 

 Ants of Deep Canyon, pp. 92-94. 



Morphology: Blum, Roberts, and Novak, 1961. Psyche 68:73-74 (chemical and biological 

 characters of venom). 



Genus OLIGOMYRMEX Mayr 



Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867. Ent. Tidskr. 10:110. 



Type-sp)ecies: Oligomyrmex concinnus Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Aeromyrma Forel, 1891. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 35:307. 



Type-species: Aeromyrma nosindam.bo Forel. Monotypic. 

 Pheidologeton subg. Aneleus Emery, 1900. Termes. Fuzetek 23:327. 



Type-species: Solenopsis sim.ilis Mayr. Desig. by Wheeler, 1911. 

 Erebomyrma Wheeler, 1903. Biol. Bui. 4:138. 



Type-sp>ecies: Erebomyrma longii Wheeler. Monotypic. 

 Pheidologeton subg. Lecanomyrma Forel, 1913. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat., Bui. 49:56. 



Type-species: Pheidologeton (Lecanom,yrma) butteli Forel. Monotypic. 

 Oligomyrmex subg. Octella Forel, 1915. Arkiv for Zool. 9:69. 



Type-species: Oligomyrmex {Octella) pachycerus Forel. Monotypic. 



