Myrmecocystus mimicus

Myrmecocystus mimicus is a North American species of ant in the genus Myrmecocystus.[1] The species is widely distributed, from Kansas south to Texas and Mexico, and west to California.[2]

Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Myrmecocystus
Species:
M. mimicus
Binomial name
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Wheeler, 1908

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Myrmecocystus mimicus". AntCat. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. Snelling, R. R. (1976). "A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Bulletin. 24: 1–163.


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