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that has been attempted is the series of papers by G. C. Wheeler 
(later with J. Wheeler), which constitute a fundamental contribu- 
tion to the subject that will be used for a long time.” “Reference to 
all the publications by the Wheelers on myrmicine ants are contained 
in a summary article (G. C. and J. Wheeler i960). In this paper, 
the authors conclude that three characters are of major importance: 
body profile, mandible shape, and setal form. They recognize 22 
body profiles and 30 mandibular shape categories all of which are 
explained and illustrated.” 
Genus Messor Forel 
Messor capitatus Latreille: Delage (1968a) gave in a table the 
sizes and abundance of larvae throughout the year. She stated that 
only small larvae overwinter. She (1968b) discussed larval enzymes 
and digestion. 
Genus Pheidole Westwood 
Kempf (1972: 457): Ph. vallifica is the host of the eucharitid 
Orasema costaricensis Wheeler and Wheeler. 
Genus Melissotarsus Emery 
Delage-Darchen (1972a) : Hairs few, long, with bifid tips. Crude 
sketch of a larva on p. 219. 
Genus Crematogaster Lund 
Delage-Darchen (1972b) found only three larval stages in C. 
(N ematocrema) stadelmanni Mayr. Fig. 1 hairs enlarged; Fig. 2 
and 3 larvae of various stages in side view; Fig. 4 head in anterior 
view. Pilosity is taxonomically worthless because of extreme vari- 
ation between colonies and even in the same colony. 
Genus Monomorium Mayr 
Cloudsley-Thompson (1962: 179): The calliphorid flies Ben- 
galia peuhi Vil. and B. minor Malloch fed on the larvae of M. 
salomonis (Linnaeus) in the central Sudan. 
Van Pelt and Van Pelt (1972: 978): Larvae of the syrphid 
Microdon baliopterus Loew fed upon the larvae of M. minimum 
( Buckley) . 
