Myrmecocystus melliger lomaensis

Myrmecocystus melliger lomaensis Wheeler, 1912 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler, 1908

Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. lomaensis Wheeler, 1912e: 175 (w.q.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, Point Loma, nr San Diego (P. Leonard). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Original description cites 9 workers (including 3 repletes), 2 queen syntypes.

Lectotype designation: Snelling, 1976: 57.
Subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger: Emery, 1925d: 239; Smith, 1951c: 855.
Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus mimicus: Creighton, 1950a: 447; Smith, 1958c: 152; Snelling, 1976: 54; Smith, 1979: 1447; Snelling & George, 1979: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 275.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. 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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1912e. Additions to our knowledge of the ants of the genus Myrmecocystus Wesmael. Psyche (Cambridge) 19:172-181. PDF

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