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Genus: Myrmecocystus
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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Myrmecocystus
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
30 species
Taxonomic history
| Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 372 [Camponotidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 449 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216. |
| Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886h PDF: 201. |
| Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae, Formicini: Forel, 1893b PDF: 165; Emery, 1895l PDF: 772; Forel, 1899b: 129; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 144; Forel, 1912j PDF: 89; Forel, 1917 PDF: 250. |
| Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Formicini: Wheeler, 1922: 699; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 203; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b PDF: 651; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b PDF: 101; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b PDF: 258; Jaffe, 1993: 14. |
| Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Acanthomyopsini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 665. |
| Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 296. |
| Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Lasiini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384; Emery, 1925d PDF: 238; subsequent authors except the above; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 98. |
| Myrmecocystus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Roger, 1863b PDF: 12; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 431. |
| Myrmecocystus as genus: Forel, 1878c PDF: 372; all subsequent authors. |
Genus Myrmecocystus references
Forel, 1878c PDF: 372 (diagnosis); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 216 (catalogue); Wheeler, 1912e PDF: 173 (all species key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 238 (diagnosis, catalogue); Cole, 1942: 385 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 440 (North America species key); Gregg, 1963: 643 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Snelling, 1969b PDF: 6 (Myrmecocystus melliger complex, key); Snelling, 1976 PDF: 22, 25, 27, 93, 115 (diagnosis, all species revision, keys); Smith, 1979: 1445 (North America catalogue); Snelling, 1982b PDF: 77, 83 (supplements to 1976 keys); Allred, 1982: 451 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 69 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 274 (catalogue); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 344 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key).
Genus Myrmecocystus references
Forel, 1878c PDF: 372 (diagnosis); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 216 (catalogue); Wheeler, 1912e PDF: 173 (all species key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 238 (diagnosis, catalogue); Cole, 1942: 385 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 440 (North America species key); Gregg, 1963: 643 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Snelling, 1969b PDF: 6 (Myrmecocystus melliger complex, key); Snelling, 1976 PDF: 22, 25, 27, 93, 115 (diagnosis, all species revision, keys); Smith, 1979: 1445 (North America catalogue); Snelling, 1982b PDF: 77, 83 (supplements to 1976 keys); Allred, 1982: 451 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 69 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 274 (catalogue); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 344 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key).
References:
Snelling, R.R. 1976. Revision of the Honey Ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PDF: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2724/2724.pdfTaxon Page Author History
27 Species Imaged | View All 30 Species for this genus
Myrmecocystus (Myrmecocystus) christineae
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) colei
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) creightoni
Myrmecocystus depilis
Myrmecocystus (Myrmecocystus) ewarti
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) flaviceps
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) hammettensis
Myrmecocystus intonsus
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) kathjuli
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) kennedyi
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) koso
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) lugubris
Myrmecocystus melliger
Myrmecocystus mendax
Myrmecocystus mexicanus
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus (Myrmecocystus) navajo
Myrmecocystus nequazcatl
Myrmecocystus placodops
Myrmecocystus pyramicus
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) romainei
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) semirufus
Myrmecocystus snellingi
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) tenuinodis
Myrmecocystus testaceus
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) wheeleri
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) yuma
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