Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mendax Wheeler, 1908g: 351, fig. 4 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 38). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Colorado, Mt Washington, nr Colorado Springs, 19.vii.1903 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens, paralectotype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.

Infrasubspecies

• M. m. m. comatus Wheeler, 1908