Protonym: Myrmecocystus melliger var. semirufus
| Authorship | Emery, 1893k: 667 |
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| Forms | w.m. |
| Bioregion | Nearctic |
| Locality | U.S.A. (California) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 49). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, San Jacinto (no collector’s name) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1908g: 355). Primary type depository: AMNH. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG. |
| Type notes | 1) Other original syntype locality: U.S.A.: Colorado, Denver (no collector’s name). 2) Creighton, 1950a: 449, cites Denver as type locality. 3) Snelling, 1976: 49, says other specimens from the San Jacinto series are in USNM. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Myrmecocystus melliger semirufus | Subspecies |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Myrmecocystus semirufus Emery, 1893
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Original combination |
| Myrmecocystus semirufus | Species | Valid |