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VESPA (vESPULA) RUFA L. 



/. typ. sbsp. schrenki Rad. 6 sbspp. 



{sibirica And.) 



Eur., W & C Asia E to E Sib., Mong., China. Alas.-Nov. Scot., S to 



Kamch. Ariz. 



\^SPA (vespula) vulgaris L. 

 Eur., Palaearctic Asia. Alas.-N. Carol., S to New Mex. 



Formicidae — Ants 



There is a good deal of difference of opinion among North American myrmecolo- 

 gists concerning the taxonomic relationship of Nearctic and Palaearctic forms 

 within such genera as Formica, Leptothorax, Lasius, Myrmica, &c. Marion R, 

 Smith, in the Catalogue of 1951, represents a more liberal view in this respect. 

 On the recommendation of Mr. I. H. H. Yarrow, British Museum, I have here 

 followed the more restrictive position taken by Creighton (1940). Genus Lasius 

 has been treated according to Wilson's monograph (1955) though with re-estab- 

 lished subspecific names, consistently abandoned by this author.— The distri- 

 bution in Eurasia was mainly compiled from Donisthorpe (1927) and Stitz (1939). 



ANERGATES ATRATULUS Schenck {friedlandi Creighton) 



Brit. Isl. (i loc), C Eur. N to S (t)i Connect.-Virginia. 



Sweden, W & E Sib. 



CAMPONOTUS HERCULEANUS L. 



N & C Eur., Cauc, N & C Asia E to Alas.-Nfld., N U.S.A., S (in the mts.) 

 Amur, China & Sakhal. to New Mex. & Penns. 



t Brit. Isl. 



CAMPONOTUS NEARCTicus Emery (pavidiis Wheel.) 

 t Brit. Isl. Brit. Col.-Calif.; NE U.S.A., S to Tex. 



CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS DeG.^ 



t Brit. Isl. E Can., E half of U.S.A., S to the Mex. 



Gulf. 



^ Vide p. 234. 



^ Regarded as sbsp. of hercideanus L. by Smith (195 1). 



