Myrmecocystus idahoensis

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Myrmecocystus idahoensis Cole, 1936 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecocystus testaceus Emery, 1893

Myrmecocystus mexicanus subsp. idahoensis Cole, 1936b: 118 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Idaho). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Idaho, Hollister (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, OSUC, USNM.

Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus mojave: Creighton, 1950a: 448.
Status as species: Smith, 1951c: 854.
Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus testaceus: Snelling, 1976: 135; Smith, 1979: 1448; Snelling & George, 1979: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 275.

Obsolete combinations

Myrmecocystus mexicanus idahoensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1936b. Descriptions of seven new western ants. (Hymenop.: Formicidae). Entomological News 47:118-121. 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.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.

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