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Myrmecocystus pyramicus Smith, 1951 valid
Myrmecocystus pyramicus Smith, 1951d: 91, figs. 1-3 (w.) U.S.A. (Nevada). Nearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Nevada, Washoe County, N end Pah Rah Mts (Nevada highway 33), Pyramid Mining Dist., Nevada Dominion Mine, 5 mi. W Mullen Gap (Pyramid Lake), 7.iv.1951 (I. La Rivers). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 37 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM. Type notes: 1) Smith, 1951d: 93, says 10 queens, 5 males from the type series have not been described through lack of good characters for recognition. 2) Smith, 1951d: 93, says 12 paratype workers are in I. La Rivers collection; whereabouts unknown (perhaps DRIR).
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