This history item belongs to Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mendax Wheeler, 1908

Its current taxon owner(s) is Myrmecocystus mendax

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. 

Status as species: {ref 123910}: 445; {ref 123722}: 284; {ref 128854}: 152; {ref 128863}: 369; {ref 128888}: 2; {ref 126032}: 23; {ref 128875}: 35 (redescription); {ref 125363}: 6; {ref 128659}: 1447; {ref 128905}: 223; {ref 122181}: 488; {ref 128898}: 69; {ref 129925}: 72; {ref 127023}: 120; {ref 122860}: 275; {ref 131795}: 395; {ref 132562}: 64.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2020-08-07
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Myrmecocystus melliger mendax Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler, 1908
Myrmecocystus mendax Species Valid
Other history items belonging to Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mendax
#310814 Lectotype designation: Snelling, 1976: 38.
#289513 Combination in Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes): Snelling, 1976: 35.
#289514 Subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger: Wheeler, 1910a: 571; Wheeler, 1912e: 173 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 239; Cole, 1937b: 139; Cole, 1942: 385; Smith, 1951c: 855.
#260572 (selected) 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.
#260573 Senior synonym of Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps: Snelling, 1976: 35; Smith, 1979: 1447; Snelling & George, 1979: 223; Bolton, 1995b: 275.