Polyergus rufescens laeviceps

Polyergus rufescens laeviceps Wheeler, 1915 junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyergus mexicanus Forel, 1899

Polyergus rufescens subsp. laeviceps Wheeler, 1915b: 420 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Mt Tamalpais, nr San Francisco, 19.vii.1914 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM.

Subspecies of Polyergus rufescens: Wheeler, 1917a: 556; Emery, 1925d: 269; Smith, 1947g: 160; Creighton, 1950a: 559; Smith, 1951c: 874; Kutter, 1968c: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 342 (error).
Junior synonym of Polyergus breviceps: Smith, 1979: 1466.
Junior synonym of Polyergus mexicanus: Trager, 2013: 515.

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
Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
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. 1947g. A study of Polyergus in the United States, based on the workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Midland Naturalist 38:150-161. PDF
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
Trager, J. C. 2013. Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Formicinae, Formicini). Zootaxa 3722 (4):501-548. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF