Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1359 



foveolocephalum Smith. Miss. (2 mi. s. of Ackerman). Ecology: Specimens collected from 

 sandy soil on a thinly wooded hillside. 

 Stenamnm fovolocephala (!) Smith, 1930. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 23:564. 3. 



Biology: Smith, 1931. Ent. News 42:17. 

 heathi Wheeler. Nev., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Collected under rocks in pine forests. 

 Stenamma brevicome heathi Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:410. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:30-34. 

 huachucanum Smith. Colo., Ariz. Ecology: Collected from under rocks. 

 Stenamma htiachucanum. Smith, 1957. Amer. Midland Nat. 57:153. 5. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:34. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 350-351, 353. 

 impar Forel. Que., Mass. s. to N. C, w. to N. Dak., 111., Mo. Ecology: Nests in soil or rotten 

 wood. 

 Stenam,ma brevicome impar Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:347. 5, 9. 



Biology: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak., p. 122. — Francoeur, 1966. Ent. Soc. 

 Quebec, Ann. 11:115-119. 

 meridionale Smith. Va. s. to Ga., w. to 111., Ark. Ecology: Found in wooded areas in soil. 



Steiiximma merndioyiale Smith, 1957. Amer. Midland Nat. 57:169-171. 5,9. 

 occidentale Smith. S. Dak., Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.; 

 Mexico. Ecology: Nests in soil under rocks. 

 Stenamma occidentale Smith, 1957. Amer. Midland Nat. 57:146. 5, 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:25-28. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 352-354. 

 punctatoventre Snelling. Calif. Ecology: Specimens collected imder a decayed limb in Utter. 

 Stenamma punctatoventre Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:10-12. 5, 

 9,d. 

 schmittii Wheeler. Que., Maine s. to N. C, w. to Minn., Iowa, Mo., Tenn. Ecology: Nests in 

 wooded areas under stones, rotten wood and litter. 

 Stenamma brevicome schmittii Wheeler, 1903. Psyche 10:167. 5. 



Biology: Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24:93. —Francoeur, 1966. Ent. Soc. 

 Quebec, Ann. 11:115-119. 

 sequoiarum Wheeler. Calif, (coastal region from Siskiyou Co. to San Luis Obispo Co.). 



Ecology: Specimens have been found under stones in redwood forests and in redwood 

 litter. 

 Stenamma brevicome sequoiarum, Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52:520. 

 5, 9. 

 Taxonomy: Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:28. 

 smithi Cole. Idaho, Utah, Nev. Ecology: Collected from sagebrush and juniper duff. 

 Stenamma smithi Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7 (3):7. 5 . 

 Stenamma knmvltoni Gregg, 1972. Great Basin Nat. 32:35-39. 9,9. 



Taxonomy: Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:12-16. 



wheelerorum Snelling. Nev. (Mt. Rose, Washoe Co., 8800 ft.). 



Stenamma wheelerorum Snelling, 1973. Los Angeles Co. Mus., Contrib. Sci. 245:34-35. 2 , 



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Genus APHAENOGASTER Mayr 



Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 3:107. 



Type-species: Apliaetiogaster sardaiis Mayr. Desig. by Bingham, 1903. 

 Deromyrma Forel, 1913. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 36:772. 



Type-species: Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) swammerdami Forel. Monotypic. 

 Planimyrma Viehmeyer, 1914. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 37:604. 



Type-species: Stenamma (Isch7iom.yrmex) loriai Emery. Orig. desig. 



