Temnothorax neomexicanus (W. M. Wheeler, 1903)

Snelling, Roy R., Borowiec, Marek L. & Prebus, Matthew M., 2014, Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 372, pp. 27-89 : 42

Temnothorax neomexicanus (W. M. Wheeler, 1903) Figure 22

Leptothorax neomexicanus Wheeler 1903: 248, pl. 12, fig. 18. Five syntype workers, Manzanares, New Mexico [MCZC] [Images of MCZT_22783 syntype worker examined].

Leptothorax tricarinatus neomexicanus Wheeler; Creighton 1950: 273. Subspecies of Leptothorax tricarinatus Emery.

Leptothorax (Myrafant) tricarinatus neomexicanus Wheeler; Smith 1952: 100. First combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant) .

Leptothorax (Myrafant) neomexicanus Wheeler; Mackay 2000: 374. Revived status as species.

Temnothorax neomexicanus (Wheeler); Bolton 2003: 271. First combination in Temnothorax .

Material examined.

8 series from California, 2 series from Nevada, 4 series from Arizona [MLBC, MMPC, UCDC].

Remarks.

See Mackay (2000) for a full description of this species.