1404 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Brown, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 45:87-89. —Brown and Wilson, 1960 (1959). 

 Quart. Rev. Biol. 34:281. 



Species Group Silvestrii 



silvestrii Emery. La. (Paradise); Brazil, Argentina, Cuba. Ecology: In La. found in a basal rot 

 hole in a live oak tree. Probably introduced. 

 Strumigenys silvestrii Emery, 1905. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 37:1()8. 5,9. 

 Strumigenys {Strumigenys) caribbea Weber, 1934. Rev. de Ent. 4:43. 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1959. Studia Ent. (n. s.) 2:25-28. —Brown, 1962. Psyche 69:246, 257, 259. 



Species Group Louisianae 



louisianae Roger. N. C. to Fla., w. to Okla., Ariz.; Mexico s. to Bolivia, Argentina. Ecology: 



The small colonies are beneath objects, in rotting wood, plant cavities; food consists of 



small arthropods, especially Collembola. 

 Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7:211. 5. 

 Strumigenys unidentata Mayr, 1887. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 37:570, 575. 5. 

 Strumigenys unispinulosa Emery, 1890. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 22:67. 5,9. 

 Strumigenys unispinulosa var. longicomis Emery, 1894. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 26:214. 5 . 

 Strumigenys fusca Emery, 1894. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 26:215. 5. 

 Strumigenys louisianae var. obscuriventris Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 



24:145. 5. 

 Strumigenys bruchi Forel, 1912. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 29:197-198. $, cJ. 

 Strumigenys injidelis Santschi, 1919. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 87:48. 5 . 

 Strumigenys eggersi var. cubaensis Mann, 1920. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 42:430. 5. 

 Strumigenys (Strumigenys) louisianae laticephala Smith, 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 



24:688, 690. 5 . 

 Strumigenys (Strumigenys) louisianae soledadensis Weber, 1934. Rev. de Ent. 4:38-39. 5, 



9. 

 Strumigenys (Strumigenys) louisianae guatemalensis Weber, 1934. Rev. de Ent. 4:39. 5 . 

 Strumigenys (Strumigenys) louisianae costaricensis Weber, 1934. Rev. de Ent. 4:39. 5 . 

 Strumigenys clasmospongia Brown, 1953. Psyche 60:2. § . 



Taxonomy: Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:325-326. —Wheeler, 1908. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:147. — Haug, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 25:170-172. —Brown, 



1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 50:28-31. —Brown, 1953. Psyche 60:1-2. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 



1954. Psyche 61:136-137 (larva). —Brown, 1957. Quart. Rev. Biol. 32:271. —Brown, 1961. 

 Psyche 68: 64-67, 68 (variation and syn.). —Brown, 1962. Psyche 69:246-247, 257, 263. 



Biology: Smith, 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 24:690-691. — Creighton, 1937. Psyche 44:97-109. 

 —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:269, 291, 305. — WUson, 1950. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., 

 Bui. 45:85-86. —Wilson, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46:481-483. — Kempf, 1958. Studia Ent. 

 1:555. 



Species Group Gundlachi 



eggersi Emery. Fla. (Miami, Fisher's Is., Archbold Biol. Sta.); W. Indies, Mexico, S. Amer. 

 Probably introduced. 

 Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 22:68. 5,9. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1960 (1959). Psyche 66:46-47 (worker, female). —Brown, 1962. Psyche 

 69:249, 257, 264. 



Biology: Weber, 1952. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1554:5. —Kempf, 1958. Studia Ent. 1:554. 

 — Kempf, 1961. Studia Ent. 4:515. 

 gundlachi (Roger). Fla. (Royal Palm Ranger Sta., Everglades Natl. Pk.; Key Largo); W. 

 Indies, Mexico, Central Amer. Ecology: Usually found in leaf litter; feeds almost 

 exclusively on Collembola. Probably introduced. 

 Pyramica gmidlachi Roger, 1862. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 6:253. "9"= 5. 

 Strumigenys eggersi var. vincentensis Forel, 1893. London Ent. Soc., Trans, p. 378. 5 . 



