Species: Polyergus breviceps
Taxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Polyergus
Distribution:
collected from the Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co.Biology:
areas with mature colonies of slave species (Formica podzolica, F. argentia, F. glacialis)Notes:
This species is quite distinct in morphology and host array from the next species, and though both are currently considered part of P. breviceps, this one matches the types from Breckenridge, Colorado.Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)
breviceps. Polyergus rufescens subsp. breviceps Emery, 1893i: 666 (w.) U.S.A. Raised to species: Kannowski, 1956: 185; Wheeler, J. 1968: 163. Senior synonym of bicolor, umbratus: Wheeler, J. 1968: 163. Material of the unavailable names fusciventris, montezuma, silvestrii referred here by Creighton, 1950a: 559. See also: Hölldobler, 1985: 225.
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