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Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Long, 1901 PDF: 163, 173 (m.q., respectively); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a PDF: 273 (l.). |
Combination in Neivamyrmex (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c PDF: 555; in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953 PDF: 5. |
Raised to species: Emery, 1900e: 186. |
Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex castaneum: Borgmeier, 1955 PDF: 502. |
See also: Smith, 1979: 1332; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1990a PDF: 461; Snelling & Snelling, 2007 PDF: 487. |
Natural History: Also relatively common and well-known, the habits of N. opacithorax are quite similar to those of N. nigrescens. Males are bicolored, black with a reddish-brown gaster, and may be seen flying on calm, cool, sunny, late summer or early fall days.
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Neivamyrmex opacithorax | Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: -1, (download) | -1 | 21008 | ||
Neivamyrmex opacithorax | Snelling, G. C. & Snelling, R. R., 2007, New synonymy, new species, new keys to Neivamyrmex army ants of the United States., 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: 486-487, (download) | 486-487 | 21290 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in road edge in mesophyl forest, 2 times found in oak pine juniper woodland, 2 times found in 2º wet forest, 1 times found in grazed creosote desert, 1 times found in pine-oak forest, 2 times found in swamp forest, 1 times found in Desert canyon forest, 1 times found in Dry Palmetto woods, 1 times found in Ponderosa Pine for. 50' tall. Dry creekbed w / shrubby lonicera + Robinia unders, 1 times found in Flatwoods, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times column on road, 2 times at bait, 3 times under stone, 1 times raiding column, 2 times sample from tree base, 1 times raiding columns, 1 times in dead wood below ground, 1 times under rock, 1 times old sawdust amid slabs, north side of pile, 1 times night collecting; foraging column, 1 times in ant colony refuse under stone, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 5 times search, 3 times direct collection, 2 times Baiting, 1 times Search, subterranean raid, 2 times Berlese, 1 times general collecting, 1 times Malaise trap.
Elevations: collected from 6 - 1960 meters, 1303 meters average
Type specimens: syntype of Eciton californicum opacithorax: casent0903735