go CHAPTER I 



PARATRECHINA (NYLANDERIA) VIVIDULA Nyl. 



Cosmopolitan. 



t Brit. Isl., W Eur. (hothouses). t SE U.S.A. (in hothouses farther north). 



Indigenous in S. America. 



PHEiDOLE ANASTASii Emery 



t Brit. Isl., W & C Eur. (hothouses). t E Can., E U.S.A. (fieldadaption in S 



Flor.). 

 From C America. 



POLYERGUS RUFESCENS Latr. 



/. typ. 3-4 sbspp. 



Eur. (except Brit. Isl.), N to S Sweden, Brit. Col.-Calif. & Ariz., E to Ontar. & 

 C Asia. Mich. 



PONERA COARCTATA Latr. (fig. 35) 



/. typ. sbsp. pennsylvanica Buckl. 



Brit. Isl., S & C Eur., Cauc, N. Afr. Queb.-Gulf of Mexico, W to S. Dak. & 



Kans. 

 Two further sbspp. are recorded from Africa & Austral. 



PONERA ERGATANDRIA For. 



sbsp. bondroiti For. /. typ. 



t Belgium (hothouses). Texas, Flor.; W. Indies. 



Not introduced from N. Amer. ! 

 Probably indigenous in S. Amer. 



PONERA OPACiCEPS Mayr 

 t Brit. Isl. (hothouses). S & SW U.S.A., C. & S. America. 



TAPINOMA (TAPINOSOMA) MELANOCEPHALUM F. 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



t Brit. Isl, (hothouses). t Flor., Georgia. 



Probably indigenous in S. America. 



tetramorium caespitum L. 



Brit. Isl., Eur. (generally), N. Afr., (t)^ Calif.; NE U.S.A., S to Tenness., 



Cauc, W, N & C Asia E to Lena R., W to Nebr. 

 China, Japan. 



2-3 sbspp. in tropical Africa. 



^ Vide p. 234. 



