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1 PRELIMINARY LIST of the ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FROMICIDAE) of SONORA, MEXICO Ca 137 Species on List Table 1. Ant Species Recorded PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FROMICIDAE) OF SONORA, MEXICO ca 137 species on list Table 1. Ant species recorded from the state of Sonora, Mexico. Species are arranged alphabetically by subfamily and genus/species within each subfamily. Extralimital distributions are given for two states in the United States (AZ = Arizona; CAL = California) and two states in Mexico (BC = Baja California; BCS = Baja California Sur). SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR REFERENCES COLLECTIONS1 PROVIDER MEXICO USA BC BCS AZ CAL Cerapachyinae Cerapachys augustae Wheeler 1902 [1]* Johnson, Ward X X X X Cerapachys davisi M.R. Smith 1942 CAS Penny Dolichoderinae Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler 1906 [1, 2] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Dorymryemx flavus McCook 1879 UA Franklin Dorymymrex insanus (Buckley) 1866 [1-3] AWC, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward, X X X X Wild Dorymyrmex sp. BCA-1 [2] Ward X X Dorymyrmex sp. #SON-1 (RAJ #95-5) RAJC Johnson Dorymyrmex sp. #SON-2 (RAJ #92-1) RAJC Johnson Dorymyrmex sp. #SON-3 (=KF sp. 1) UA Franklin Forelius mccooki (McCook) 1879 [1-3] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Forelius pruinosus (Roger) 1863 [1, 2] AWC, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward, X X X X Wild Liometopum apiculatum RAJC Johnson Tapinoma sessile (Say) 1836 AWC Wild X X X Ecitoninae Neivamyrmex andrei (Emery) 1901 G. Snelling X Neivamyrmex cornutus Watkins 1975 RAJC G. Snelling, Johnson Neivamyrmex harrissi (Haldeman) 1852 [4, 5] RAJC, UA Franklin, G. Snelling, X Gutiérrez, Johnson Neivamyrmex leonardi (Wheeler) 1915 [1, 2] Johnson, G. Snelling, X X X X Ward Neivamyrmex melanocepahlus (Emery) 1895 G. Snelling Neivamyrmex minor (Cresson) 1872 G. Snelling X X X X Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson) 1872 [1-3, 5] RAJC Gutiérrez, Johnson, G. X X X X 1 SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR REFERENCES COLLECTIONS1 PROVIDER MEXICO USA BC BCS AZ CAL Snelling, Ward Neivamyrmex opacithorax (Emery) 1894 [1, 2] Johnson, G. Snelling, X X X X Ward Neivamyrmex rugulosus Borgmeier 1953 [4, 5] Gutiérrez, G. Snelling X Neivamyrmex swainsonii (Shuckard) 1840 [1, 5] CAS, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X X X Johnson, Penny, G. Snelling, Ward Neivamyrmex texanus Watkins 1972 RAJC Johnson, G. Snelling X Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood) 1842 [4, 5] CAS Gutiérrez, Johnson, Penny, G. Snelling Formicinae Brachymyrmex depilis Emery 1893 [1] Johnson, Ward X X X X Brachymyrmex sp. #SON-1 (RAJ RAJC Johnson #3370) Camponotus atriceps (F. Smith) 1858 [3] UA Franklin, Johnson Camponotus festinatus (Buckley) 1866 [1-3] CAS Franklin, Johnson, X X X X Penny, Ward, Wild Campontous fragilis Pergande 1894 [6] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson X X X X Camponotus mina Forel 1879 [1, 2] CAS, RAJC Johnson, Penny, Ward X X X Camponotus sp. cf. mina UA Franklin Camponotus ocreatus Emery 1893 [1, 2] Johnson, Ward X X X X Camponotus papago Creigthon 1953 RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson X Camponotus sansabeanus (Buckley) 1866 AWC Wild X X X Camponotus sayi Emery 1893 [1] AWC Johnson, Ward, Wild X X X Camponotus vafer Wheeler 1910 [3] RAJC Johnson X Formica gnava Buckley 1866 RAJC Johnson X X X Formica integroides Wheeler 1913 [1] Johnson, Ward X X Formica perpilosa Wheeler 1913 AWC, RAJC Johnson, Wild X X X Myrmecocystus depilis Forel 1901 [7] RAJC Johnson X Myrmecocystus flaviceps Wheeler 1912 [1, 7] UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Myrmecocystus kennedyi Snelling 1969 [1-3, 7] CAS, RAJC Johnson, Penny, Ward X X X Myrmecocystus melliger Forel 1886 [7] Johnson Mrmecocystus mendax Wheeler 1908 [7] Johnson X Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler 1908 [1, 2, 7] AWC, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward, X X X X Wild Myrmecocystus navajo Wheeler 1908 [1, 2, 7] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X Myrmecocystus nequazcatl Snelling 1976 [2, 3, 7] CAS, RAJC Franklin, Johnson, Penny, Ward Myrmecocystus placodops Forel 1908 [2, 7] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X Myrmecocystus tenuinodis Snelling 1976 [1, 7] Johnson, Ward X X X Myrmecocystus yuma Wheeler 1912 [1] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X Paratrechina bruesii (Wheeler) 1903 AWC Wild X X 2 SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR REFERENCES COLLECTIONS1 PROVIDER MEXICO USA BC BCS AZ CAL Paratrechina longicornis (N) (Latreille) 1802 [1, 2] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Paratrechina vividula (Nylander) 1846 [1] Johnson, Ward X X X Paratrechina sp. cf. terricola [1, 2] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X Myrmicinae Acromyrmex versicolor Pergande 1894 [1, 2] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Aphaenogaster albisetosa Mayr 1886 [3, 8] AWC, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Wild X Aphaenogaster boulderensis M.R. Smith 1941 [1, 2] Ward X X X X Aphaenogaster cockerelli André 1893 [8] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson X X Aphaenogaster megommata M.R. Smith 1963 [1, 2] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X X Atta mexicanus (F. Smith) 1858 [3, 5] CAS, RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X Johnson, Penny Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel 1890 UA Franklin X X X Cepahlotes rohweri Wheeler (1916) CAS Penny X Crematogaster browni Buren 1968 CAS Penny X Crematogaster californica (s.l.) Wheeler 1919 [1, 2] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X X Crematogaster depilis Wheeler 1909 [1-3] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Crematogaster dentinodis Forel 1901 AWC, UA Franklin, Wild X Crematogaster hespera Buren 1968 AWC Wild X X X Crematogaster torosa Mayr 1870 [1, 2] CAS, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, X X X Penny, Ward Cyphomyrmex flavidus Pergande 1896 [2, 3] Johnson, Ward X X Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Forel 1900 [1-3] UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Messor pergandei (Mayr) 1886 [1-3, 8] CAS, RAJC Franklin, Johnson, X X X X Penny, Ward Monomorium emersoni Gregg 1945 AWC Wild X Monomorium ergatogyna (s.l.) [1, 2] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X X Pheidole sp. nr. californica [1, 2] Johnson, Ward X X X Pheidole cerebrosior Wheeler 1915 [3] Johnson X X X Pheidole gilvescens Creighton & 1955 RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson X X Gregg Pheidole hyatti Emery 1895 [1-3] AWC, RAJC Franklin, Johnson, Ward, X X X X Wild Pheidole marcidula Wheeler 1908 UA Franklin X Pheidole micula Wheeler 1915 [3] UA Franklin, Johnson X X Pheidole obtusispinosa Pergande 1896 AWC, CAS, RAJC Johnson, Penny, wild X Pheidole portalensis Wilson 2003 RAJC Johnson X Pheidole polymorpha Wilson 2003 UA Franklin Pheidole psammophila Creighton & 1955 [1] RAJC Johnson, Ward X X X Gregg 3 SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR REFERENCES COLLECTIONS1 PROVIDER MEXICO USA BC BCS AZ CAL Pheidole rhea Wheeler 1908 [2, 5] CAS, RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X Johnson, Penny, Ward Pheidole rugulosa Gregg 1959 [1] RAJC Johnson X X Pheidole sciophila Wheeler 1908 [1-3] UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Pheidole spadonia Wheeler 1915 [2] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X Pheidole tepicana Pergande 1896 RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson X Pheidole titanis Wheeler 1903 [3] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson X Pheidole vistana Forel 1914 [1-3] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Pheidole xerophila Wheeler 1908 [1-3] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Pheidole yaqui (s.l.) Creighton & 1955 [1, 2] RAJC Johnson X X X Gregg Pheidole sp. #AZ-1 (RAJ #3415) RAJC Johnson X Pheidole sp. #SON-1 (RAJ #3347) RAJC Johnson Pheidole sp. #SON-2 (RAJ #3403) RAJC Johnson Pheidole sp. #SON-3 (RAJ #1141) RAJC Johnson Pheidole sp. #SON-4 (=KF sp. 1) UA Franklin Pheidole sp. #SON-5 (=KF sp. 3) UA Franklin Pheidole sp. #SON-6 (=KF sp. 4) UA Franklin Pheidole sp. #SON-7 (=KF sp. 5) UA Franklin Pheidole sp. #SON-8 (=KF sp. 6) UA Franklin Pheidole sp. #SON-9 (=ALW sp. AWC Wild 37) Pogonomyrmex apache Wheeler 1902 [5, 8-10] RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X Johnson Pogonomyrmex barbatus (F. Smith) 1858 [8-10] AWC, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Wild X Pogonomyrmex bicolor Cole 1968 [3, 5, 8-10] CAS, RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X Johnson, Penny Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley) 1867 [1, 2, 5, 8- RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X X X X 10] Johnson, Ward Pogonomyrmex desertorum Wheeler 1902 [5, 8-10] RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X X Johnson Pogonomyrmex huachucanus Wheeler 1914 RAJC Johnson X Pogonomyrmex imberbiculus Wheeler 1902 [1, 5, 8-10] RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X X X Johnson, Ward Pogonomyrmex magnacanthus Cole 1968 [1, 5, 8-10] Johnson, Ward X X X Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler 1914 [1, 3, 5, 8- CAS, RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X X X 10] Johnson, Penny, Ward Pogonomyrmex pima Wheeler 1909 [2, 3, 5, 8- RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X 10] Johnson, Ward Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery 1895 [1, 2, 5, 8- RAJC, UA Franklin, Gutiérrez, X X X X 10] Johnson, Ward Solenopsis amblychila Wheeler 1915 [1] CAS, UA Franklin, Johnson, X X X X Penny, Ward 4 SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR REFERENCES COLLECTIONS1 PROVIDER MEXICO USA BC BCS AZ CAL Solenopsis aurea Wheeler 1906 [3] UA Franklin, Johnson X X X X Solenopsis molesta (s.l.) (Say) 1836 [1, 2] AWC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward, X X X X Wild Solenopsis xyloni McCook 1879 [1-3] RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Ward X X X X Temnothorax emmae RAJC Johnson X Temnothorax obliquicanthus (Cole) 1953 [1, 2] Johnson, Ward X X Temnothorax pergandei (Emery) 1895 UA Franklin X Temnothorax politus (M.R. Smith) 1939 [2] Ward X Temnothorax silvestrii (Santschi) 1911 UA Franklin X Temnothorax sp. #SON-2 (=KF sp. UA Franklin 1) Temnothorax sp. #SON-3 (=ALW-01) AWC Wild Tetramorium hispidum (Wheeler) 1915 [3] CAS, RAJC, UA Franklin, Johnson, Penny X Tetramorium spinosum (Pergande) 1896 [1-3, 5] Gutiérrez, Johnson, Ward X X X X Trachymyrmex arizonensis (Wheeler) 1907 RAJC Johnson X Trachymyrmex desertorum (Wheeler) 1911 [3] Johnson, Rabeling+ X X X Trachymyrmrex pomonae Rabeling & RAJC Johnson X Cover Ponerinae Hypoponera opacior (Forel) 1893 AWC Wild X X Leptogenys sp.
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