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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
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Myrmecina
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Myrmecina americana
Myrmecina
americana
Emery, 1895
valid
Myrmecina latreillei subsp. americana
Emery, 1895d
: 271 (w.) U.S.A. (District of Columbia). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: District of Columbia (no collector’s name) (perhaps T. Pergande). Primary type depositories:
MCZC
,
MSNG
,
USNM
.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954c
: 130 (l.)
Subspecies of
Myrmecina latreillii
:
Wheeler, 1900c
: 48.
Subspecies of
Myrmecina graminicola
:
Wheeler, 1901c
: 519 (in text);
Wheeler, 1904f
: 300;
Wheeler, 1905j
: 376;
Wheeler, 1906g
: 1;
Wheeler, 1906i
: 335;
Wheeler, 1908h
: 421;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 562;
Wheeler, 1913d
: 113;
Wheeler, 1917a
: 501;
Wheeler, 1917k
: 460;
Emery, 1924f
: 232;
Smith, 1927b
: 313;
Wheeler, 1932a
: 11;
Cole, 1937a
: 98;
Dennis, 1938
: 278;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940
: 92;
Buren, 1944a
: 290;
Smith, 1948
: 239 (in key).
Status as species:
Brown, 1949a
: 44;
Creighton, 1950a
: 248;
Brown, 1951
: 103;
Smith, 1951c
: 815;
Cole, 1953i
: 300;
Smith, 1958c
: 130;
Carter, 1962a
: 6 (in list);
Brown, 1967c
: 236;
Snelling, 1965b
: 101;
Smith, 1967a
: 358;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975
: 22;
Francoeur, 1977b
: 207;
Smith, 1979
: 1399;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988
: 139;
MacKay
et al.
, 1988
: 91;
Deyrup
et al.
, 1989
: 96;
Wheeler
et al.
, 1994
: 303;
Bolton, 1995b
: 274;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002
: 149;
Deyrup, 2003
: 45;
Coovert, 2005
: 82;
MacGown & Forster, 2005
: 72;
Ward, 2005
: 34;
Ellison
et al.
, 2012
: 261;
Deyrup, 2015
: 1206 (in key);
Deyrup, 2017
: 78.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecina americana brevispinosa
:
Brown, 1951
: 103;
Smith, 1951c
: 816;
Cole, 1953i
: 300;
Brown, 1967c
: 236;
Smith, 1979
: 1399;
Bolton, 1995b
: 274;
Coovert, 2005
: 82.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecina californica
:
Brown, 1967c
: 236;
Smith, 1979
: 1399;
Bolton, 1995b
: 274;
Ward, 2005
: 34.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecina graminicola quadrispina
:
Brown, 1949a
: 44;
Creighton, 1950a
: 249;
Smith, 1951c
: 816;
Brown, 1967c
: 236;
Smith, 1979
: 1399;
Bolton, 1995b
: 274;
Coovert, 2005
: 82.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecina americana texana
:
Brown, 1951
: 103;
Smith, 1958c
: 130;
Brown, 1967c
: 236;
Smith, 1979
: 1399;
Bolton, 1995b
: 274.
Junior synonyms
Myrmecina americana brevispinosa
Creighton, 1950
Myrmecina americana texana
Wheeler, 1908
Obsolete combination(s):
Myrmecina graminicola texana
Myrmecina californica
Smith, 1948
Myrmecina graminicola quadrispina
Enzmann, 1946
Obsolete combinations
Myrmecina latreillii americana
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;
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