Polyergus montivagus
Wheeler, 1915
valid
Polyergus lucidus subsp. montivagus
Wheeler, 1915b:
419 (w.q.m.)
U.S.A. (Colorado).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “numerous… several colonies”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Colorado, canyons about Colorado City and Manitou, “winged phases 11-15.vii., and 11-20.viii.” (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: CASC, MCZC, USNM. Primary type specimens: CASENT0172893, CASENT0172894.
- Subspecies of Polyergus lucidus: Wheeler, 1917a: 555; Emery, 1925d: 268; Smith, 1947g: 156; Smith, 1951c: 874.
- Junior synonym of Polyergus lucidus: Creighton, 1950a: 557; Smith, 1958c: 161; Smith, 1979: 1467; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Coovert, 2005: 161.
- Status as species: Ellison et al., 2012: 217; Trager, 2013: 526 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 225.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Coovert, G. A. 2005. The ants of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey (New Series) 15 (2):1-196. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Deyrup, M. 2017. Ants of Florida. Identification and natural history. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group), 423 pp.
- Ellison, A. M.; Gotelli, N. J.; Farnsworth, E. J.; Alpert, G. D. 2012. A field guide to the ants of New England. New Haven: Yale University Press, xv + 398 pp.
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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. 1947g. A study of Polyergus in the United States, based on the workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Midland Naturalist 38:150-161. PDF
- 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
- Trager, J. C. 2013. Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Formicinae, Formicini). Zootaxa 3722 (4):501-548. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae