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Species: Dorymyrmex insanus

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Genus: Dorymyrmex

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Formica insana Buckley, 1866 PDF: 165 (w.q.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Cuezzo & Guerrero, 2011 PDF: 18 (m.).

Combination in Dorymyrmex: McCook, 1879: 185; in Dorymyrmex (Conomyrma): Smith, 1951c: 837; in Conomyrma: Snelling, 1973b PDF: 4; in Dorymyrmex: Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 85.

Junior synonym of Dorymyrmex pyramicus: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 433; Wheeler, 1902g PDF: 22.

Revived from synonymy as subspecies of Dorymyrmex pyramicus: Santschi, 1920 PDF: 381.

Junior synonym of Dorymyrmex pyramicus: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 348.

Revived from synonymy as species: Snelling, 1973b PDF: 5.

Material of the unavailable name Dorymyrmex antillana referred here: Snelling, 1973b PDF: 5.

Distribution:

collected from the Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co.

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in shrub steppe, 1 times found in juniper scrub, 1 times found in oak woodland, chaparral times found in basecamp, 2 times found in Redshank chaparral, 2 times found in chaparral, 2 times found in roadside, 1 times found in salt desert scrub, 1 times found in grassland, 1 times found in sand dunes, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 5 times search, 1 times surface cookie bait, 1 times walking on rocky slope, 1 times cookie bait on ground, 1 times in pitfall trap, 1 times Manual, 1 times along road on south facing slope, 1 times at nest on ground, 1 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 1 times Bee bowl, coll. via bee bowls

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1860 meters, 914 meters average