Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1407 



missouriensis (Smith). N. Y., Va., N. C, Ohio, Miss., 111., Iowa, Mo. Ecology: Primarily a soil 

 and soil cover inhabitant. 

 Strumigenys {Cephaloxys) missouriensis Smith, 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 24:691, 701. 



5. 

 Strumigenys {Cephaloxys) sculpturata Smith, 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 24:692, 706. 5. 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 50:72-73 (worker, female). —Wheeler and 

 Wheeler, 1954. Psyche 61:143 (larva). —Brown, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 89:195. 



Biology: Wilson, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46:485-486. 

 ohioensis (Kennedy and Schramm). N. J. s. to Ga., w. to III, Ark., La Ecology: Found in soil 

 cover and upper soil layers, often under objects; sometimes in rotting wood. 

 Strumigenys ohioensis Kennedy and Schramm, 1933. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 26:98-99. 5 . 

 Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) manni Wesson and Wesson, 1939. Psyche 46:97. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Brown, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 50:87-89 (each caste). —Brown, 1964. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc, Trans. 89:196. 



omata (Mayr). Del, Md. s. to Fla., w. to Mich., Ill, Mo., Okla., Tex. Ecology: Most commonly 

 found in leaf litter or forest debris. 

 Strumigenys omata Mayr, 1887. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 37:571. 5. 



Taxonomy: Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:325, 328. —Wheeler, 1908. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:148 (worker, female). —Smith, 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 24:691, 

 695-696. —Wesson and Wesson, 1939. Psyche 46:109. —Brown, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 50:65-67. —Brown, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 89:197. 

 pergandei (Emery). Mass., N. Y., Ont. s. to N. C, Tenn., w. to Iowa, Mo., Kans. Ecology: Nests 

 in rotten logs, in soil, or under stones in soil. Often found in or near nests of other ants 

 where it may prey on myrmecophilous collembolans. Records from Mass. are the 

 northernmost for dacetine ants in the New World. 

 Strumigenys pergandei Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:325. 5, 9, i. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:148. —Smith, 1931. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 24:691, 698-699 (also biology). —Wesson and Wesson, 1939. Psyche 46:110. 

 — Brown, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 50:51-54. — Wheeler and Wheeler, 1954. Psyche 

 61:144-145 (larva). —Brown, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 89:197. 



Biology: Kennedy and Schramm, 1933. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 26:95-98. —Wesson, 1936. Ent. 

 News 47:171-174. —Brown, 1952. Psyche 59:12. —Wilson, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 

 46:487^88. 

 pilinasis (Forel). Pa. s. to N. C, Ala., w. to Ohio., 111., Mo., Ark., La. Ecology: Nests imder 

 stones, in soil cover, or in logs. 

 Strumigenys clypeata var. pilinasis Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:339. 2 . 

 Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) clypeata var. brevisetosa Smith, 1935. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 



28:215. $. 

 Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) medialis Wesson and Wesson, 1939. Psyche 46:94, 110. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:148 (worker, female). —Smith, 

 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 24:691, 700. —Wesson and Wesson, 1939. Psyche 46:109. 

 —Brown, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 50:60-61 (worker, female). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1954. Psyche 61:143 (larva). —Brown, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 89:197-199. 



Biology: Wilson, 1953. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 46:485. 

 pulchella (Emery). N. Y., Pa. s. to Fla., w. to 111., La. Ecology: Nests in rotting wood. 

 Strumigenys pulchella Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:325, 327. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:148 (worker, female). —Smith, 

 1931. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 24:691, 702. —Brown, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 50:70-72 (each 

 caste). —Brown, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 89:198. 



Biology: Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:291, 305. —Wesson and Wesson, 1939. 

 Psyche 46:111. 



