Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1391 



Biology: Mitchell and Pierce, 1912. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14:73. —Smith, 1939. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 32:506. — Creighton, 1965. Psyche 72:282. 



Genus ROGERIA Emery 



Rogeria Emery, 1894. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 26:188. 



Type-species: Rogeria curvipubens Emery. Desig. by Wheeler, 1911. 

 Rogeria subg. Irogeria Emery, 1915. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. p. 191. 



Type-species: Rogeria procera Emery. Orig. desig. 



A neotropical genus with about 24 species. Only two species reach the southwestern U. S. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1955. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 48:28 (larvae). — Kempf, 1961. 



Rev. Brasil. Biol. 21:435-141. —Kempf, 1962. Studia Ent. 5:1-38. —Kempf, 1963. Rev. 



Brasil. Biol. 23:189-196 (S. Amer. species). —Kempf, 1964. Studia Ent. 7:45-71. —Kempf, 



1965. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 25:181-186. — Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 



No. 236:1-6 (first record of genus in U. S.). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Psyche 80: 74 



(larvae, revised description). 

 creightoni Snelling. Tex. (La Feria, Cameron Co.). 



Rogeria creightoni Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. No. 236:2-4. 5 . 

 huachucana Snelling. Ariz. (Cochise Co.). Ecology: Specimens found beneath stones. 



Rogeria huachucana Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. No. 236:4-6. 5 . 



Genus LEPTOTHORAX Mayr 



Other than those genera listed under Macromischa and the subgenera of Leptothorax, Brown 

 (1973) gives the following synonyms or possible synonyms: Chalepoxenus Menozzi, 1923?, 

 Doronomyrmex Kutter, 1945?, Epimyrma Emery, 1915?, Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 ?, Gonepi- 

 myrma Bernard, 1948 ?, Icothorax Hamann and Klemm, 1967 ?, Leoytomyrma Amoldi, 1968 ?, 

 Myrmamnophilus Menozzi, 1924, Myrmetaerus Soudek, 1925 ?, Myrmoxenus Ruzksy, 1902 ?, 

 Symmyrmica Wheeler, 1904 ?, and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861. There is apparently considerably 

 more work to be done on this and related genera; consequently, I am using subgenera in Lep- 

 tothorax as has been done in past catalogs. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1973. In Meggers, et al.. Tropical Forest Ecosystems in Afr. and S. 

 Amer., pp. 161-185. 



Genus LEPTOTHORAX Subgenus NESOMYRMEX Wheeler 



Leptothorax subg. Goniothorax Emery, 1896. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 28:26, 58. Preocc. by 

 Mibie-Edwards, 1879. 



Type-sp)ecies: Leptothorax xncinus Mayr. Desig. by Wheeler, 1911. 

 Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 28:259. 



Type-species: Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler. Monotypic. 

 Leptothorax subg. Caulomyrma Forel, 1914. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat., Bui. 50:233. 



Type-species: Leptothorax echinatinodis Forel. Orig. desig. 

 Limnomyrmex Arnold, 1948. Nat. Mus. So. Rhodesia, Occas. Papers 2 (14): 222. 



Type-species: Limnomyrmex stramineus Arnold. Monotypic. 



Most sp)ecies of this subgenus are neotropical 



Revision: Kempf, 1959. Studia Ent. 2:391-432. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1950. Psyche 57:30. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1955. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 

 48:25 (larva). —Brown, 1971. Breviora 365:4-5 (generic syn.). 

 wilda Smith. S. Tex.; Mexico. Ecology: Arboreal, forms small colonies in plant cavities; 

 probably nocturnal. 

 Leptothorax {Goniothorax) urilda Smith, 1943. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 45:155. 9,9. 



Biology: Creighton, 1971. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 6:207-210 (distribution and habits). 

 Genus LEPTOTHORAX Subgenus MYRAFANT Smith 



Leptothorax subg. Myrafant Smith, 1950. Psyche 57:29. 



