Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1361 



Morphology: Vick, Drew, et al., 1969. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 62:723-725 (identification of 

 hydrocarbons). 



flemingi Smith. N. C. s. to Fla., w. to Ky., La. 



Aphaenogaster texmia flemiyigi Smith, 1928. Ent. News 39:275. 5. 

 Aphaenogaster texana macrospina Smith, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:386. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7:238 (larva). —Smith, 1957. 

 Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 52:113. 

 floridana Smith. N. C. s. to Fla., Ala. 



Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) floridana Smith, 1941. Great Basin Nat. 2:118. 9. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 62:7 (larva). 

 fulva Roger. Vt. s. to Fla., w. to Nebr., Colo., La. Ecology: Nests in rotting wood such as logs 

 and stumps or in soil under stones or other objects. Food consists mostly of live and 

 dead insects. Temporary host of A. tennesseensis (Mayr) and possibly of A. mariae 

 Forel. 

 Aphaenogaster fulva Roger, 1863. Berlin Ent. Ztschr. 7:190. 5. 

 Aphaenogaster fulva var. rubida Enzmann, 1947. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 55:147. 5. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1917. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22:586. —Wheeler, 

 1910. Ants, pp. 81, 83, 206, 448, 453. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 336-337, 339. —Smith, 

 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326:24-25. 

 huachucana crinimera Cole. N. Mex. (Bandelier Natl. Mon.). 



Aphaenogaster {Allomyrma(!)) huachuA:ana crinirnera Cole, 1953. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 

 28:82. 5, 9, S. 

 huachucana huachucana Creighton. Colo., Ariz. 



Aphaenogaster {Attomyrma) huachucana Creighton, 1934. Psyche 41:189. 5. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1951. Psyche 58:89-99 (each caste). 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 338-340. 

 lamellidens Mayr. N. Y. s. to Fla., w. to Ul.y Mo., Tex. Ecology: Typically nests in stumps and 

 logs and feeds on live and dead insects. 

 Aphaenogaster lamellidejis Mayr, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 36:443, 445. 5, 9, i. 

 Aphaenogaster lamellidens var. nigripes Smith, 1923. Ent. News 34:308. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24:50, 52. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21:383. —Smith, 1918. Ent. News 29:21. 

 —Smith, 1924. Ent. News 35:51. —Smith, 1928. Ent. News 39:246. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. 

 Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:285, 304. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326:20-21. 

 mariae Forel. N. Y. s. to Fla., w. to Iowa, Kans. Ecology: Probably a temporary parasite. Host: 

 Aphaenogaster fulva Roger. 

 Aphaenogaster mariae Forel, 1886. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Bui. 30:41. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1917. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22:585. — Buren, 

 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 18:284 (female). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 151, 448. —Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 24:93. 

 megommata Smith. Oreg., Nev., Ariz., Calif. Ecology: A crepuscular and nocturnal forager. 

 Aphaenogaster (.Attomyrma) megommatus Smith, 1963. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 71:244-246. 



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Taxonomy: Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7(3):9-ll (female, male). 

 —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7:238 (larva). 

 miamiana, Wheeler. Fla., Ala., Miss. Ecology: Possibly arboreal, nesting in branches. 



Aphaenogaster {Attomyrma) texana var. m.iamiana Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 40:5. 5, 9, 6. 

 mutica Pergande. Tex. (?); Mexico (Lower Calif.). Ecology: Recorded from Brownsville, Tex., 

 but may not occur in U. S. 

 Aphaenogaster mutica Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:891. 5 . 



