Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps Wheeler, 1908 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecocystus melliger Forel, 1886

Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. orbiceps Wheeler, 1908g: 349, fig. 3 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 38). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Texas, Bull Creek, nr Austin (C.T. Brues, A.L. Melander & W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.

Lectotype designation: Snelling, 1976: 38.
Subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger: Wheeler, 1910a: 571; Wheeler, 1912e: 175; Emery, 1925d: 239; Cole, 1937b: 139; Creighton, 1950a: 445; Smith, 1951c: 856; Smith, 1958c: 151.
Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus melliger: Creighton & Crandall, 1954: 2.
Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus placodops: Snelling, 1969b: 6.
Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus mendax: Snelling, 1976: 35; Smith, 1979: 1447; Snelling & George, 1979: 223; Bolton, 1995b: 275.

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. 1937b. An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hym.: Formicidae). [concl.]. Entomological News 48:134-140. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Creighton, W. S.; Crandall, R. H. 1954. New data on the habits of Myrmecocystus melliger Forel. Biological Review (City College of New York) 16:2-6.
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. 1969b. Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 170:1-9. 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. 1908g. Honey ants, with a revision of the American Myrmecocysti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:345-397. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
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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