constipata W. M. Wheeler. Subsp. of floridana Emery.

creightoni Gregg. Calif.

davisi W. M. Wheeler. N. C.

dentata Mayr.

Biology: Van Pelt, 1950. Ent. News 61: 161-163, fig. 1, A, B, C (parasitism by a chalcid).

dentigula M. R. Smith.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 12 (larva). desertorum W. M. Wheeler. Okla., N. Mex.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 417-419, map.

flavens sculptior Forel. Delete from Catalog; a misdetermination (teste Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 45).

floridana constipata W. M. Wheeler.

Pheidole (Pheidole) constipata W. M. Wheeler. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 35).

floridana floridana Emery, changed status, N. C.

Pheidole (Pheidole) floridana lauta W. M. Wheeler (syn. by Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 35).

Pheidole (Pheidole) floridana Emery. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 35).

floridana lauta W. M. Wheeler. Syn. of floridana floridana Emery.

grallipes W. M. Wheeler.

Pheidole grallipes var. vistana Forel (syn. by Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 22).

grallipes var. vistana Forel. Syn. of grallipes W. M. Wheeler.

hyatti hyatti Emery. Okla., Tex.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 419-420, map.

lamia W. M. Wheeler.

Biology: Gregg, 1956. Ent. News 67: 37-39 (also distribution). macclendoni W. M. Wheeler.

Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 46-47. 2.-Cole, 1958 (1957). N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 65: 130-131 (, especially 2).

megacephala (Fabricius).

Biology: Broekhuysen, 1948. Union So. Africa Dept. Agr. Bul. 266, pp. 1-40, figs. 1-22, tables 1-10.-Brown, 1958. Acta Hym. 1: 47.Weber, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 62: 232.—Taylor and Wilson, 1961. Psyche 68: 143.-Kempf, 1962. Studia Ent. 5: 18-19.

metallescens metallescens Emery.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 12 (larva). micula W. M. Wheeler, changed status.

Pheidole (Pheidole) californica micula W. M. Wheeler. Raised to sp. rank (teste Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 33).

militicida W. M. Wheeler.

Biology: Creighton, 1960 (1959). Psyche 66: 1-12, fig. 1 (major worker). *moerens W. M. Wheeler. Ala. (Mobile). Apparently introduced. Originally described from Puerto Rico.

Pheidole moerens W. M. Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bul. 24: 136-138. 2.

morrisii morrisii Forel.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 12 (larva). *obtusospinosa Pergande. Syn. of *subdentata Pergande.

pilifera coloradensis Emery.

Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 128-130, map.
Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 419, 421-422, map.

pilifera pilifera (Roger). N. Dak.

Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 130-131, map.

*rugulosa Gregg. (In subarmata group.) Ariz. (Harding's Ranch near Tucson.)

Pheidole rugulosa Gregg, 1958. N.Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 66: 26-29. ☀ 24 오.

senex Gregg.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 422-424, map.

sitarches campestris W. M. Wheeler, changed status. Tex. and Colo. to Mo. and Miss.

Pheidole (Pheidole) soritis W. M. Wheeler, in part of Sup. 1. Remove sitarches rufescens var. campestris W. M. Wheeler and its synonym, rufescens from synonymy of soritis and place as a subspecies of sitarches W. M. Wheeler (teste Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 30, 38).

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 424-425, map.

sitarches sitarches W. M. Wheeler. Tex.; Mexico.

Biology: Wilson, 1957. Psyche 64: 46-50 (nuptial flights).

sitarches soritis W. M. Wheeler, changed status. Ariz., N. Mex., Tex., Utah; Mexico.

Pheidole (Pheidole) soritis W. M. Wheeler. A subsp. of sitarches not a species (teste Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 30, 38).

Pheidole (Pheidole) tepicana cavigenis W. M. Wheeler (syn. by Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 48).

soritis W. M. Wheeler, of Sup. I. A subsp. of sitarches W. M. Wheeler. N.B., sitarches rufescens var. campestris W. M. Wheeler and its synonym sitarches rufescens W. M. Wheeler, is another subsp. of sitarches.

*subdentata Pergande. Ariz.; Mexico.

Pheidole subdentata Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 5: 888. ¥. Pheidole (Pheidole) vasliti arizonica Santschi (syn. by Creighton, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 65: 211).

*Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. 5: 889. 24. (Syn. by Creighton, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 211.)

tepicana cavigenis W. M. Wheeler. Syn. of sitarches soritis W. M. Wheeler. vasliti arizonica Santschi. Syn. of subdentata Pergande.

vinelandica buccalis W. M. Wheeler. Syn. of bicarinata bicarinata Mayr.

PHEIDOLE subgenus CERATOPHEIDOLE Pergande, p. 806

Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 9, 16 (key to species of U. S.). grundmanni M. R. Smith.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 424, 426-427, map.

Genus EPIPHEIDOLE W. M. Wheeler, p. 806

inquilina W. M. Wheeler.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 427-429, map.

Genus SYMPHEIDOLE W. M. Wheeler, p. 807

elecebra W. M. Wheeler.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit supra, pp. 429-431, map.

Genus CARDIOCONDYLA Emery, p. 807

Taxonomy: Weber, 1952. Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 1548: 5.

Biology: Wilson, 1960 (1959). Psyche 66: 29-34 (tandem running in genus Cardiocondyla).

emeryi Forel.

Taxonomy: Weber, 1952, loc. cit. supra, p. 5.

nuda minutior Forel. Calif., Tex., La. An introduced form. Probably a na

tive of the Oriental Region.

CREMATOGASTER subgenus ORTHOCREMA Santschi, pp. 807-808

minutissima minutissima Mayr. N. C.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 14, pl. 2, figs. 11-13 (larva).

minutissima missouriensis Emery. Colo.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 363-364, map.

CREMATOGASTER subgenus CREMATOGASTER Lund, pp. 808-810

Taxonomy: Buren, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 66: 119-134 (also biology). Biology: Soulié, 1962. Insectes Sociaux 9: 181-195 (colony foundation and development).

cerasi (Fitch).

Biology: Kannowski, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6: 125.

lineolata emeryana Creighton.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 358-360, map.

lineolata lineolata (Say).

Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 132-133, map. Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 357, 359, map.

punctulata Emery.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 361-362, 364, map.

vermiculata Emery. N. C.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 13, pl. 2, figs. 14-15 (larva).

MONOMORIUM subgenus MONOMORIUM Mayr, pp. 810-811

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 133-136, fig., map 16.

floricola (Jerdon).

Biology: Brown, 1964. Ent. News 75: 15.

*metoecus Brown and Wilson. Ala. (Tuscaloosa). Parasite of Monomorium minimum (Buckley).

Monomorium metoecus Brown and Wilson, 1957. Ent. News 68: 239-244, fig. 1, a and b, ergatogyne.

Taxonomy: Wilson and Brown, 1958. Ent. News 69, 33-38, fig. 1, A and
B(also biology).

minimum (Buckley). Change heading in Sup. 1, p. 128 from minimum minimum to minimum.

Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 133-135, map.
Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 366-368, map.

pharaonis (Linnaeus).
Biology: Peacock, Hall, Smith and Goodfellow, 1950. Scot. Dept. Agr.
Misc. Pub. No. 17: 1-50, figs. 1-5, tables 1-3.-Sudd, 1953. Adv.
of Sci. (Brit.) 10: 17-18 (colony formation).-Peacock, Water-
house and Baxter, 1955. Ent. Monthly Mag. 91: 37-42 (viability
in regard to temperature and moisture).-Brown, 1958. Acta
Hym. 1: 36.-G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 135-
136, map.-Brown, 1964. Ent. News 75: 14-15.-Eichler, 1963.
Deut. Ent. Ztschr. 10: 207-215.

Morphology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 16 (larva).
Embryology: Smith and Peacock, 1957. Roy. Soc. Edinbh. Proc., Section
B, 66: 235-261, figs. 1-4, table 1 (cytology).

viridum peninsulatum Gregg. Fla. and Gulf Coast States to Ariz., including southern Colo.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 368-370, map.

viridum viridum Brown. N. Y., Long Island (Coram, Selden).

MONOMORIUM subgenus PARHOLCOMYRMEX Emery, p. 811

destructor (Jerdon).

Economics: Kempf, 1960. Studia Ent. 3: 506-507.

Genus XENOMYRMEX Forel, p. 811

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 62: 1920 (larva).-Creighton, 1957. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1843: 1-14 (including key to species).

floridanus floridanus Emery, changed status. Cuba, Bahamas. Another subspecies, f. skwarrae W. M. Wheeler, occurs in Mexico.

Xenomyrmex stolli floridanus Emery. A subsp. of floridanus not a subsp. of stolli Emery (teste Creighton, 1957, loc. cit. supra, p. 6).

SOLENOPSIS subgenus SOLENOPSIS Westwood, pp. 812-813

Taxonomy: Snelling, 1963. Calif. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Occas. Papers No. 3: 1-10, figs, 1-12 (keys to all castes).

Physiology: Blum, Walker, Callahan and Novak, 1958. Science 128: 306-307 (chemical, insecticidal and antibiotic properties of fire ant venom).

aurea W. M. Wheeler, changed status.

Solenopsis (Solenopsis) aurea amblychila W. M. Wheeler (syn. by Snelling, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 7).

aurea amblychila W. M. Wheeler. Syn. of aurea W. M. Wheeler.

aurea aurea W. M. Wheeler. Raised to sp. rank.

geminata geminata (Fabricius).

Biology: Kempf, 1961. Studia Ent. 4: 507.

saevissima richteri Forel.

Taxonomy: Wilson, 1953. Evolution 7: 262-263, fig. 1 (origin of variation).-Brown, 1957. Quart. Rev. Biol. 32: 258-261, figs. 4-7.— Wilson and Brown, 1958. Evolution 12: 211-218, figs. 1-3, table 1 (morphological changes in introduced population).

Biology: Wilson, 1958. Sci. Amer. 198: 36-41, maps, illus.-Green, 1962.
Jour. Econ. Ent. 55: 1003-1004, table 1.

Morphology: Callahan, Blum and Walker, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 52: 573-590, figs. 1-19 (also histology of poison glands and sting). Physiology: Caro, Derbes and Jung, 1957. Amer. Med. Assoc. Arch. Derm. 75: 475-478, figs. 1-7.-Favorite, 1958. U. S. Pub. Health Serv., Pub. Health Rpts. 73: 445-448.-Wilson, Durlach and Roth 1959 (1958). Psyche 65: 108-114 (chemical releases of necrophoric behavior).-Wilson, 1959. Science 129: 643-644 (nature of odor trail). Wilson, 1962. Anim. Behavior 10: 134-147, figs. 1-8, tables 1-4 (chemical communication among workers-mass foraging).-Blum and Callahan, 1960. XI Int. Kongr. F. Entom. Wien, Verh. B. 111: 290-293 (chemical and biological properties of venom).-Wilson, 1962. Anim. Behavior 10: 148-158, figs. 1-5, tables 1-2 (chemical communication among workers-analysis of the odour trail).-Wilson, 1962. Ibidem, 159-164, table 1 (chemical communication among workers-induction of social responses). xyloni McCook. Colo.

Biology: Wray, 1962. Jour. Econ. Ent. 55: 145 (apparent introduction into N. C.)

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 370-371, 373, map.

Physiology: Blum, Roberts and Novak, 1961. Psyche 68: 73-74 (chemical and biological characters of venom).

SOLENOPSIS subgenus EUOPHTHALMA Creighton, p. 813

globularia littoralis Creighton.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 22 (larva).

SOLENOPSIS subgenus DIPLORHOPTRUM Mayr, pp. 813-814

molesta molesta (Say). Colo.

Biology: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 136-138, map.— Macnamara, 1945. Canad. Ent. 77: 40.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 372-373, 375, map.

molesta validiuscula Emery. Pacific Coast States east to Idaho, Colo., N. Mex.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 374-375, 377, map.

pergandei Forel.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, pp. 21-22 (larva). picta Emery. N. C.

Taxonomy: G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 22 (larva). salina W. M. Wheeler. Colo.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra. pp. 376-378, map.

tennesseensis M. R. Smith. Kans. (Kearny County), Calif. (near Azusa). texana texana Emery. N. C.

texana truncorum Forel. Colo., Ariz., Calif.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 378-380, map.

Genus ANERGATES Forel, p. 815

atratulus (Schenck). Md. (Baltimore), N. Y. (Suffolk County, Long Island). Morphology: Meyer, 1955. Insectes Sociaux 2: 163-170, figs. 1-4.

Genus EREBOMYRMA W. M. Wheeler, p. 815

*Spelaeomyrmex W. M. Wheeler, 1922. Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 45: 9. (Syn. by Wilson, 1962. Psyche 69: 63.)

Type: Spelaeomyrmex urichi W. M. Wheeler. By monotypy.

Biology: Wilson, 1962, loc. cit. supra, pp. 62-72, fig. 1.

longii W. M. Wheeler. Okla. (Fort Sill).

Genus MYRMECINA Curtis, pp. 815-816

americana Emery. Colo., N. Mex.

Ecology: Gregg, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 364-365. 367, map.

LEPTOTHORAX subgenus NESOMYRMEX W. M. Wheeler, pp. 816-817 Revision: Kempf, 1959. Studia Ent. 2: 391-432, figs. 1-31. wilda M. R. Smith. Tex.; Mexico.

Taxonomy: Kempf, 1959, loc. cit. supra, 421-423, figs. 8, 28 (☀ 9).

LEPTOTHORAX subgenus MYRAFANT M. R. Smith, pp. 817-819

Taxonomy: Cole, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 535-538 (nitenscarinatus complex).-G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 62: 23 (larva).

andrei Emery. Nev., Ariz., N. Mex.

Taxonomy: Cole, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 537-538 (, f, 3).

ambiguus ambiguus Emery. Slave of L. duloticus Wesson.

Biology: Kannowski, 1959. Insectes Sociaux 6: 124 (150-151, parasitism; 155 pleometrosis).-G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 140-141, map.

*carinatus Cole. Tex. (Limpia Canyon, Davis Mts., 5,400 ft.), Ariz. Leptothorax (Leptothorax) carinatus Cole, 1957, Tenn. Acad. Sci. Jour. 32: 213-215, fig. 1. ☀ 9.

Taxonomy: Cole, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 537-538 (☀, ç).

curvispinosus Mayr. Okla., Ariz.

Biology: Talbot, 1957. Ecology 38: 449-456 (populations).—Kannowski, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 124.