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Species: Neivamyrmex nyensis

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ecitoninae Genus: Neivamyrmex

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Neivamyrmex nyensis Watkins, 1977b: 421, figs. 1-4 (w.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

See also: Snelling & Snelling, 2007 PDF: 486.

Distribution:

BC, BCS

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:

Snelling, G. C., 2007:
Figures 11, 23, 42, 57, 70, 84
Neivamyrmex nyensis Watkins , 1977: 421 - 423 (w).U. S. A. , Nevada , Nye Co. , 5 1 / 2 mi S, 3 mi E Beatty ( USNM ) examined. Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986: 20.
DISTRIBUTION (Map 4)
UNITED STATES: Southern Nevada, Arizona, California; MEXICO: Baja California.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED
UNITED STATES , ARIZONA, Coconino Co. : Havasu Canyon ( UCDC , LACM ) .CALIFORNIA , Imperial Co. : 2.9 mi N Glamis ( LACM ).Riverside Co. : Chuckwalla Mts. , Red Cloud Cyn. ( LACM ) .San Bernardino Co. : Lucerne Valley ( GCSC ) .NEVADA, Nye Co. : 5 1 / 2 mi S, 3 mi. E Beatty 3500 ft ( LACM , USNM ) .
MEXICO , BAJA CALIFORNIA : 28 km E Ensenada ( LACM , UCDC ) .
DISCUSSION
This small subterranean species is poorly known. Not surprisingly most of these collections were from under partially buried stones; the Glamis sample consists of a single specimen taken from a foraging worker of Forelius maccooki (Forel) and the Lucerne Valley record is based on a head capsule recovered from a refuse midden of Solenopsis xyloni McCook . The Red Cloud Canyon site is in a rocky streambed on the west side of the range, in Creosote / Cactus Scrub desert. The specimens were collected in late afternoon beneath a partially buried stone. There had been rain several days prior to the collection and the soil under the stone was slightly damp. The Havasu Canyon collection was made under similar circumstances.
Neivamyrmex nyensis may eventually prove to be the worker form of N. mojave .
Automontage images are available at antweb. org.

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in limestone ridge, Ocotillo, Acacia, Opuntia, 1 times found in Chihuahuan desert, 1 times found in oak woodland

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times search

Elevations: collected from 1067 - 1540 meters, 1417 meters average