FORMICIDAE 999 



T. pruinosum Roger. LI: Yaphank, Wyandanch, Montauk (D&B). A southern 

 species reaching here its extreme northern limit. Forms single or clustered 

 craters in pure white sand (Wheel). 



DORYMYRMEX Mayr 



D. pyramicus (Roger). LI: Wading R. (D&B). Forms a small crater in white 

 sand, three or four inches in diameter (Wheel). This is probably the northern 

 extremity of the range of this species also. 



DOLICHODERUS Lund 



D. mariae Forel. LI: Pinelawn, Riverhead, Long Beach, Wyandanch, Calverton, 

 Yaphank, Selden, Massapequa (D&B). Forms large colonies, nesting in sandy 

 places about the roots of grasses and bushes (Wheel). The workers are 

 commonly met with on plants, attending aphids. 



D. taschenbergii (Mayr) var. aterrimus Wheel, (taschenbergii var. gagates Wheel.). 

 Upper Ausable L. (Beq) ; Mt. Whiteface, Ds (Beq) ; SI: near seashore 

 (D&B) ; LI: Wyandanch, Calverton, Central Pk., Amagansett, Yaphank, Pine- 

 lawn, Massapequa, Coram (D&B). 



D. plagiatus (Mayr). Oliverea, Ds (Beq) ; SI: Long Neck, Tottenville, Watchogue 

 (D&B) ; LI: Wyandanch, Yaphank, Amagansett, Smithtown, Massapequa, 

 West Hills (D&B). Nests in the ground in small colonies (Wheel). These 

 workers also attend aphids. 



D. plagiatus (Mayr) subsp. plagiatus Mayr var. inornatus Wheel. SI (D&B) ; 

 LI: Pinelawn, Yaphank, Smithtown (D&B). 



D. plagiatus (Mayr) subsp. pustulatus Mayr. SI: Tottenville (D&B); LI: Yap- 

 hank, Smithtown, Massapequa, Wyandanch (D&B). 



D. plagiatus (Mayr) subsp. pustulatus Mayr var. beutenmuelleri Wheel. McLean 

 (Wheel-CU) ; LI: Coram, Wyandanch, Massapequa, Farmingdale, south of 

 Smithtown, Selden (D&B). 



SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE 



Brachymyrmex Mayr 



B. heeri Forel subsp. depilis Emery. Ithaca; Bronxville (Wheel); SI: New 

 Springville, Ap (D&B); LI: Cold Sp. Harb. (D&B). Nests under stones 

 and attends root Coccidae (Wheel). 



Prenolepis Mayr 



(Subgenus PRENOLEPIS Mayr) 



P. imparis (Say). Conesus L., Ds (Beq) ; Clinton Hgts. (Beq) ; Callicoon, Ds 

 (Beq) ; White Plains, Van Cort. Pk. (Beq) ; SI: Tottenville, New Brighton, 

 Watchogue, Long Neck, Annadale (D&B) ; LI: Amagansett, Yaphank, 

 Calverton, Montauk, Pinelawn, Wading R., Gardiners I., Cold Sp. Harb. 

 (D&B). Makes small crater nests in shady oak woods in soil usually contain- 

 ing more or less clay (Wheel). 



P. imparis (Say) var. testacea Emery. SI: Tottenville (D&B); LI: Wading R., 

 Amagansett (D&B). Nests only in sandy regions, where it replaces the 

 preceding (Wheel). 



