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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Myrmecocystus mendax
Myrmecocystus
mendax
Wheeler, 1908
valid
Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mendax
Wheeler, 1908g
: 351, fig. 4 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.
Combination in
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes)
:
Snelling, 1976
: 35.
Subspecies of
Myrmecocystus melliger
:
Wheeler, 1910a
: 571;
Wheeler, 1912e
: 173 (in key);
Emery, 1925d
: 239;
Cole, 1937b
: 139;
Cole, 1942
: 385;
Smith, 1951c
: 855.
Status as species:
Creighton, 1950a
: 445;
Cole, 1954g
: 284;
Smith, 1958c
: 152;
Smith, 1967a
: 369;
Snelling, 1969b
: 2;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975
: 23;
Snelling, 1976
: 35 (redescription);
Francoeur & Snelling, 1979
: 6;
Smith, 1979
: 1447;
Snelling & George, 1979
: 223;
Allred, 1982
: 488;
Snelling, 1982b
: 69;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g
: 72;
MacKay
et al.
, 1988
: 120;
Bolton, 1995b
: 275;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002
: 395;
Ward, 2005
: 64.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps
:
Snelling, 1976
: 35;
Smith, 1979
: 1447;
Snelling & George, 1979
: 223;
Bolton, 1995b
: 275.
Obsolete combinations
Myrmecocystus melliger mendax
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.
Cole, A. C., Jr.
1937b.
An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hym.: Formicidae). [concl.].
Entomological News 48:134-140.
PDF
Cole, A. C., Jr.
1942.
The ants of Utah.
American Midland Naturalist 28:358-388.
PDF
Cole, A. C., Jr.
1954g.
Studies of New Mexico ants. XIII. The genera
Acanthomyops
,
Myrmecocystus
, and
Polyergus
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 29:284-285.
PDF
Creighton, W. S.
1950a.
The ants of North America.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585.
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Francoeur, A.
;
Snelling, R. R.
1979.
Notes for a revision of the ant genus
Formica
. 2. Reidentifications for some specimens from the T. W. Cook collection and new distribution data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 309:1-7.
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
MacKay, W. P.
;
Lowrie, D.
;
Fisher, A.
;
MacKay, E. E.
;
Barnes, F.
1988.
The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Pp. 79-131 in:
Trager, J. C.
(ed.) 1988.
Advances in myrmecology.
Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
PDF
Mackay, W.
;
Mackay, E.
2002.
The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp.
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
Smith, M. R.
1958c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 108-162 in:
Krombein, K. V.
(ed.) 1958.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1967a.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 343-374 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1967.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584.
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.
1982b.
A revision of the honey ants, genus
Myrmecocystus
, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86.
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
Wheeler, W. M.
1908g.
Honey ants, with a revision of the American Myrmecocysti.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:345-397.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1910a.
Ants: their structure, development and behavior.
New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1912e.
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Myrmecocystus
Wesmael.
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PDF
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