FORMICIDAE 997 



p. vinelandica Forel. SI: Watchogue, Richmond Val., Rossville, Tottenville 

 (D&B). Constructs diminutive craters in pine barrens where the soil is 

 mixed with clay (Wheel). 



Stenamma Mayr 



S. brevicorne (Mayr). Norton's Landing, Cayuga L. (SmHH) ; Ithaca, Caroline to 

 Harford (MacG&Bdy) ; SI, in a salt meadow, May, Nov; LI: Cold Sp. Harb., 

 May (D&B). This is a rare ant, nesting under stones or in vegetable mold 

 in rich woods (Wheel). 



S. brevicorne (Mayr) subsp. diecki Emery. W. Nyack (Beq). 



S. brevicorne (Mayr) subsp. diecki (Emery) var. impressum Emery. Richfield 

 Sps. (Emery), type. 



Aphaenogaster Mayr 



(The species of this genus nest under bark or stones, or the rotten wood in 

 woodlands.) 



A. tennesseensis (Mayr). McLean (Beq); Ithaca. 



A. treatae Forel. SI: Long Neck, and elsewhere (D&B) ; LI: Pinelawn, Sep, Long 

 Pond, Deep Pond, Wading R., Riverhead, Central Pk., Calverton, Yaphank, 

 Gardiners I. (D&B). 



A. fulva Roger. Ithaca; Bronxville (Wheel); Ramapo (Wheel). 



A. fulva Roger subsp. aquia Buck. Portage, Rock City, Ds (Beq) ; McLean 

 (Wheel); Oliverea, Ds (Beq); Southfields, Hillburn, Schott (Beq); LI: 

 Little Neck, Huntington, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). 



A. fulva Roger subsp. aquia var. undescribed. Van Cort. Pk. (Beq) ; SI: New 

 Dorp, Clove Val. (D&B) ; LI: Valley Stream, Wyandanch, Half Way Hol- 

 low Hills, Amagansett, Baldwin, Yaphank, Gardiners I., Selden (D&B). 



A. fulva Roger subsp. aquia var. picea Emery. SI: Arrochar, Je (D&B); LI: 

 Smithtown, Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). 



Myrmica Latreille 



M. punctiventris Roger. SI: Long Neck, and other places (D&B) ; LI: Wyan- 

 danch, Yaphank, Amagansett, Gardiners I., Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). A rare 

 species, nesting in small colonies under stones or moss in shady woods (Wheel). 



M. punctiventris Roger subsp. pinetorum Wheel. LI: Yaphank, Wading R. (D&B). 

 Nests in pure sand. 



M. scabrinodis Nyl. var. fracticornis Emery. Buffalo (teste Emery). 



M. scabrinodis Nyl. var. sabuleti Mein. Debruce, West Pt., Ds (Beq) ; Bronx- 

 ville (Wheel); SI, found several times (D&B); LI: Maspeth, Orient Pt., 

 Fire I., Amagansett, Wyandanch, Yaphank (D&B). Nests in sandy or 

 gravelly, sunny places, such as open pastures, roadsides, etc. (Wheel). 



M. scabrinodis Nyl. subsp. schencki Emery var. emeryana Forel. Wilmington, Ds 

 (Beq); Genesee Co, Ds (Beq); Ithaca; White Plains (Beq); Bronxville 

 (Wheel); Inwood, NYC, Ds (Beq); SI: Tottenville, Arrochar, Long Neck, 

 and many other places (D&B) ; LI: Pinelawn, Wading R., Gardiners I., 

 Rockaway Beach, Montauk, Yaphank, Central Pk., Massapequa, Wyandanch, 

 Half Way Hollow Hills, Amagansett, Orient Pt., Smithtown, Brooklyn, Cold 

 Sp. Harb. (D&B). 



M. brevinodis Emery var. canadensis Wheel. McLean (Wheel-CU) ; E. Jewett, 

 Oliverea, Ds (Beq); LI: Pinelawn (D&B). 



