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Genus: Myrmecocystus

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Myrmecocystus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838: 770. Type-species: Myrmecocystus mexicanus, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878: 372 [Camponotidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 449 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216.

Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886f: 201.

Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae, Formicini: Forel, 1893a: 165; Emery, 1895j: 772; Forel, 1899c: 129; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 144; Forel, 1912i: 89; Forel, 1917: 250.

Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Formicini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 699; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 203; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 651; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 101; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 258; Jaffe, 1993: 14.

Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Acanthomyopsini: Donisthorpe, 1943f: 665.

Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.

Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Lasiini: Ashmead, 1905b: 384; Emery, 1925b: 238; subsequent authors except the above; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 2003: 98.

Myrmecocystus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1863: 431

Myrmecocystus as genus: Forel, 1878: 372; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonyms of MYRMECOCYSTUS

Endiodioctes Snelling, 1976: 25 [as subgenus of Myrmecocystus]. Type-species: Myrmecocystus melliger, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Endiodioctes as junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Snelling, 1981: 403.

Eremnocystus Snelling, 1976: 92 [as subgenus of Myrmecocystus]. Type-species: Myrmecocystus creightoni, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Eremnocystus as junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Snelling, 1981: 403.

Genus Myrmecocystus references

Forel, 1878: 372 (diagnosis); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 216 (catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1912d: 173 (all species key); Emery, 1925b: 238 (diagnosis, catalogue); Cole, 1942: 385 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Creighton, 1950a: 440 (North America species key); Gregg, 1963: 643 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Snelling, 1969a: 6 (M. melliger complex, key); Snelling, 1976: 22, 25, 27, 93, 115 (diagnosis, all species revision, keys); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1445 (North America catalogue); Snelling, 1982b: 77, 83 (supplements to 1976 keys); Allred, 1982: 451 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 69 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 274 (catalogue); MacKay & MacKay, 2002: 344 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key).