Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1399 



Biology: Gregg, 1946. Amer. Midland Nat. 35:748. 



Tribe MYRMECININI 

 Genus MYRMECINA Curtis 



Myrmecina Curtis, 1829. Brit. Ent. 6:226, pi. 265. 



Type-species: Myrmecina latreillii Curtis. Orig. desig. 

 Archaeomyrmex Mann, 1921. Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Bui. 64:448, 451. 



Type-species: Archaeomyrmex cacabau Mann. Orig. desig. 



Apparently only one species occurs in North America, though several subspecies are some- 

 times recognized. 



Revision: Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:271. —Smith, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 50:238-240. — SnelUng, 1965. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 64:101-105. —Brown, 1967. 

 Ent. News 78:233-230. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1951. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., Bui. 46:103-106. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1954. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56:129-131 (larvae). —Brown, 1971. Breviora 365:1-2 (generic syn.). 

 americana Emery. Que. s. to Ga., w. to Iowa, Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Ecology: Colonies are 



small and nests are obscure, usually built in moist shady areas often under small stones. 

 Myrmedtm latreillei americana Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:271. 5 . 

 Myrmecina latreillei americana var. brevispinosa Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 



System. 8:271. 5, 9,6. 

 Myrmecina graminicola texana Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:422. 5 . 

 Myrmeciria graminicola quadrispina Enzmann, 1946. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 54:13. 5. 

 Myrmecina califomica Smith, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50:239. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24:39. — Buren, 1944. Iowa State Col., Jour. Sci. 

 18:290. —Brown, 1949. Psyche 56:44-47. —Brown, 1951. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., Bui. 

 46:103-106. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56:130 (larva). 

 — Francoeur, 1966. Nat. Canad. 93:439. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21:373, 376. —Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Bui. 22:332, 335-336. —Wheeler, 1917. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 52:502. 

 —Talbot, 1934. Ecology 15:420, 427^128. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:274, 

 278-279, 304. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 364-365, 367. 



Tribe TETRAMORIINI 



Revision: Bolton, 1976. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 34: 283-379. 



Genus TRIGLYPHOTHRIX Forel 



Triglyphx)thrix Forel, 1890. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 34: CVI. 

 Type-species: Triglyphothrix walshi Forel. Monotypic. 



A single introduced form is established in a number of localities in southeastern United 

 States. The genus is native to Africa and southern Asia. 



Revision: Bingham, 1903 Fauna Brit. India, Hym. 2:172-175. —Bolton, 1976. Brit. Mus. (Nat. 

 Hist.) Ent., Bui. 34: 310-359 (world species). 

 lanuginosa (Mayr). S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala, Miss., La.; pantropical. Introduced, probably native to 

 India. Spread by commerce to most tropical regions of the world. 

 Tetramorium lanuginosa Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. GeseU. Wien, Verh. 20: 972, 976. 5 . 

 Tetramorium obesum race striatidens Emery, 1889. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 

 7:501. 5. 

 Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1912. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 20:46. —Wheeler, 1916. Jour. Econ. Ent. 

 9:568-569 (first notice of occurrence in U. S.). —Wilson and Taylor, 1967. Pacific Ins. 

 Monog. 14:70. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Psyche 80: 78 Oarva). —Bolton, 1976. Brit. 

 Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 34: 350-352 (further synonymy). 



Biology: Donisthorpe, 1927. British Ants, p. 393. —Smith, 1931. Ent. News 42:21. 



