Myrmecocystus koso

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Myrmecocystus koso Snelling, 1976 valid

Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) koso Snelling, 1976: 74, figs. 127-135, 164, 176, 199, 200 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Inyo County, Panamint Range, Panamint City, 6600 ft, 3.xi.1967, no. 67-274 (R.R. Snelling). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 790 paratype workers, 18 paratype queens, 37 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 206 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 584 paratype workers, 18 paratype queens, 37 paratype males California, Inyo County, Panamint Range, Wildrose Canyon, 6000 ft, 4.xi.1967, no. 67-275 (R.R. Snelling). Secondary type depositories: AMNH, DRIR, LACM, MCZC, USNM.

Status as species: Smith, 1979: 1446; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 275; Ward, 2005: 64.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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.
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
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

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