Myrmecocystus kennedyi

Myrmecocystus kennedyi Snelling, 1969 valid

Myrmecocystus kennedyi Snelling, 1969b: 6 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Idaho). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Idaho, Indian Cove (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 149 paratype workers, 20 paratype queens, 75 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, OSUC, USNM.

[First available use of Myrmecocystus melliger semirufus kennedyi Cole, 1936b; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
Combination in Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes): Snelling, 1976: 62.
As unavailale (infrasubspecific) name: Creighton, 1950a: 449; Smith, 1951c: 856.
Material referred to Myrmecocystus semirufus by Creighton, 1950a: 449; Smith, 1951c: 856.
Status as species: Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 23; Snelling, 1976: 62 (redescription); Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Smith, 1979: 1446; Snelling & George, 1979: 220; Allred, 1982: 487; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 275; Ward, 2005: 64.

Citations

Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1969b. Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 170:1-9. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Bulletin 24:1-163. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF

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