Myrmecocystus wheeleri

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Myrmecocystus wheeleri Snelling, 1971 valid

Myrmecocystus wheeleri Snelling, 1971a: 11, fig. 3 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Los Angeles County, 6 mi. SE Pearblossom, 3500 ft, 15.viii.1965 (R.R. Snelling). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 193 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens, 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, DRIR, LACM, MCZC, MHNG, USNM.

Status as species: Snelling, 1976: 70 (redescription); Smith, 1979: 1448; Snelling & George, 1979: 239; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 70 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 275; Ward, 2005: 65.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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.
Snelling, R. R. 1971a. Studies on California ants. 6. Three new species of Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 214:1-16. 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.
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

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