Aphaenogaster megommata

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Aphaenogaster megommata Smith, 1963 valid

Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) megommatus Smith, 1963c: 244, fig. 1 (w.) U.S.A. (Nevada). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Nevada, Washoe County, Pyramid Lake, 1 mi. N Camp Foster, 20.iv.1952 (I. LaRivers). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 42 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: USNM.

Cole, 1966b: 9 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 238 (l.)
Status as species: Cole, 1966b: 9; Smith, 1967a: 352; Smith, 1979: 1361; Snelling & George, 1979: 72; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Ward, 2005: 65; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 298 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1966b. Ants of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin. Biological Series 7(3):1-27. PDF
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2017. The New World gypsy ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 605 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.
Smith, M. R. 1963c. A new species of Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) from the western United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 71:244-246. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. 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. 1972b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmicinae: second supplement on the tribes Myrmicini and Pheidolini. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 7:233-246. 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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