Taxonomic history
Combination in Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes): Snelling, 1976 PDF: 35.Subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger: Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 571; Wheeler, 1912e PDF: 173 (in key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 239; Cole, 1937b PDF: 139; Cole, 1942 PDF: 385; Smith, 1951c PDF: 855.Status as species: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 445; Cole, 1954g PDF: 284; Smith, 1958c PDF: 152; Smith, 1967a PDF: 369; Snelling, 1969b PDF: 2; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 23; Snelling, 1976 PDF: 35 (redescription); Francoeur & Snelling, 1979 PDF: 6; Smith, 1979: 1447; Snelling & George, 1979: 223; Allred, 1982: 488; Snelling, 1982b PDF: 69; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 72; MacKay et al., 1988: 120; Bolton, 1995b: 275; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 395; Ward, 2005 PDF: 64.Senior synonym of Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps: Snelling, 1976 PDF: 35; Smith, 1979: 1447; Snelling & George, 1979: 223; Bolton, 1995b: 275.
Myrmecocystus mendax is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4] It occurs in Mexico and Southwestern United States.[2]
Myrmecocystus mendax is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It occurs in Mexico and Southwestern United States.