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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Myrmecocystus
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Myrmecocystus melliger
Myrmecocystus
melliger
Forel, 1886
valid
Myrmecocystus melliger
Forel, 1886h
: 201 (w.) MEXICO. Neotropic.
Wheeler, 1912e
: 174 (q.m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a
: 211 (l.)
Senior synonym of
Myrmecocystus comatus
:
Snelling, 1969b
: 4
See also:
Snelling, 1976
: 31
Junior synonyms
Myrmecocystus comatus
Creighton, 1950
Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps
Wheeler, 1908
Citations
Forel, A.
1886h.
Études myrmécologiques en 1886.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215.
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Snelling, R. R.
1969b.
Taxonomic notes on the
Myrmecocystus melliger
complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 170:1-9.
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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.
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Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1968a.
The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61:205-222.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1912e.
Additions to our knowledge of the ants of the genus
Myrmecocystus
Wesmael.
Psyche (Cambridge) 19:172-181.
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†fossil
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synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
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obsolete combination
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