Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mimicus Wheeler, 1908g: 353 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (New Mexico). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: New Mexico: Albuquerque, 7.v.1905 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 6 paralectotype queens, 6 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Original description cites workers (number not stated), 6 queen, 6 male syntypes.

Infrasubspecies

• M. m. m. californicus Cole, 1936
• M. m. m. jesuita Wheeler, 1908