Myrmecocystus mimicus
Appearance
Myrmecocystus mimicus | |
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Myrmecocystus mimicus worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Myrmecocystus |
Species: | M. mimicus
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Binomial name | |
Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler, 1908
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Myrmecocystus mimicus". AntCat. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]Media related to Myrmecocystus mimicus at Wikimedia Commons