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Dorylinae Leach 1815

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Description

Subfamily Dorylinae [1 genus; 4 species]

Neivamyrmex Borgmeier

carolinensis (Emery). Literature records: “ Virginia ” (Smith, M.R. 1938, Watkins 1972, Watkins 1976, Smith, D.R.

1979, Watkins 1985, Coovert 2005, Snelling & Snelling 2007, Guenard et al. 2012). nigrescens (Cresson). Suffolk (STDC). Literature records: Norfolk (Smith, M.R. 1942), “ Virginia ” (Smith, M.R.

1938, Gregg 1963, Smith, M.R. 1965, Wheeler & Wheeler 1973, Forster 2003). opacithorax (Emery). Literature records: “ Virginia ” (Smith, M.R. 1938, 1965, Watkins 1972, 1976, Smith,

D.R.1979, Watkins 1985, Snelling & Snelling 2007, Guenard et al. 2012, Deyrup 2016). texanus Watkins. Essex (NMSU, UAIC). Literature records: Chesterfield, Essex, Henry, Louisa, Norfolk

(Watkins 1972, Ward 1999), “ Virginia ” (Watkins 1976, Smith, D.R. 1979, Watkins 1985, Mackay & Mackay

2002, Snelling & Snelling 2007, Guenard et al. 2012, Deyrup 2016).

Notes

Published as part of Ivanov, Kaloyan, Hightower, Liberty, Dash, Shawn T. & Keiper, Joe B., 2019, 150 years in the making: first comprehensive list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Virginia, USA, pp. 532-560 in Zootaxa 4554 (2) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2623956

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E20D5A9D47FFB7FB9B5996FADCFDE1

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.2.8 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/2623956 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDB75229D40FFB0FB0C590EF915FFBF (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/863C3E2F-8026-4F55-97BD-67560DABB476 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03E20D5A9D47FFB7FB9B5996FADCFDE1 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/154532740 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/27566/taxon/03E20D5A9D47FFB7FB9B5996FADCFDE1.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Leach
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Dorylinae Leach, 1815 sec. Ivanov, Hightower, Dash & Keiper, 2019

References

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  • Watkins, J. F. II. (1972) The taxonomy of Neivamyrmex texanus, n. sp., N. nigrescens and N. californicus (Formicidae: Dorylinae), with distribution map and keys to the species of Neivamyrmex of the United States. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 45, 347 - 372.
  • Watkins, J. F. II. (1976) The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas, 102 pp.
  • Watkins, J. F. II. (1985) The identification and distribution of the army ants of the United States of America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ecitoninae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58, 479 - 502.
  • Coovert, G. A. (2005) The Ants of Ohio. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series, 15, 1 - 196.
  • Snelling, G. C. & Snelling, R. R. (2007) New synonymy, new species, new keys to Neivamyrmex army ants of the United States. In: Snelling, R. R., Fisher, B. L. & Ward, P. S. (Eds.), Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson- 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80, pp. 459 - 550.
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  • Gregg, R. T. (1963) The ants of Colorado with reference to their ecology, taxonomy, and geographic distribution. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, Colorado, 792 pp.
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  • Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. (1973) Ants of Deep Canyon. University of California, Riverside, California, 162 pp.
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  • Ward, P. S. (1999) Deceptive similarity in army ants of the genus Neivamyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy, distribution and biology of N. californicus (Mayr) and N. nigrescens (Cresson). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 8, 74 - 97.
  • Smith, D. R. (1979) Superfamily Formicoidea. In: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R. & Burks, B. D. (Eds.), Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Vol. 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., pp. 1323 - 1467.
  • Mackay, W. P. & Mackay, E. (2002) The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 408 pp.