Notes on Myrmecocystus lugubris Wheeler and its synonym, Myrmecocystus yuma Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Myrmecocystus

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1807

By

Creighton, William Steel, 1902-1973

Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937
Bradley, J. Chester (James Chester), 1884-1975

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1956]

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 7, 1956."

"In 1909 W.M. Wheeler published the description of Myrmecocystus lugubris ... from a series of 15 specimens taken by J.C. Bradley ... In the opinion of the present writer, yuma is clearly a synonym of lugubris."

Subjects

59.57,96M , Ants , Classification , Honey-ants , Insects , Mexico , Southwest, New

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1807, 1956

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31834650