Myrmecocystus hammettensis

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Myrmecocystus hammettensis Cole, 1938 valid

Myrmecocystus hammettensis Cole, 1938b: 678 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Idaho). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Idaho, Hammett, S Mountain Home, on federal highway between Twin Falls and Boise, 30.v.1932, no. C.I. 1000 (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated, “a large series”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, OSUC, USNM.

Combination in Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus): Snelling, 1976: 101.
Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 443; Smith, 1951c: 854; Snelling, 1976: 101 (redescription); Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Smith, 1979: 1446; Allred, 1982: 487; Snelling, 1982b: 77 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 274; Ward, 2005: 64.

Citations

Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1938b. A new ant from Idaho's semidesert. American Midland Naturalist 19:678-681. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Bulletin 24:1-163. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1982b. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF

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