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    plerergates. Myrmecocystus christineae Snelling, 1982 Myrmecocystus colei Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus creightoni Snelling, 1971 Myrmecocystus depilis Forel...
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    Myrmecocystus mexicanus is a species of ant in the genus Myrmecocystus, which is one of the six genera that bear the common name "honey ant" or "honeypot...
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    living larders. Honeypot ants belong to any of several genera, including Myrmecocystus and Camponotus. They were first documented in 1881 by Henry C. McCook...
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    Myrmecocystus mimicus is a North American species of ant in the genus Myrmecocystus. The species is widely distributed, from Kansas south to Texas and...
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    Myrmecocystus mendax is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It occurs in Mexico and Southwestern United States. "Myrmecocystus mendax Report"....
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    Myrmecocystus wheeleri is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. "Myrmecocystus wheeleri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
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    Myrmecocystus kennedyi is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. "Myrmecocystus kennedyi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
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    Myrmecocystus placodops is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. "Myrmecocystus placodops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
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    Myrmecocystus semirufus is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. "Myrmecocystus semirufus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
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    Mexico. This species, like most in the genus of Myrmecocystus, create worker repletes. "Myrmecocystus yuma - AntWiki". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 2018-07-30...
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    Myrmecocystus testaceus is a species of ant. Found throughout southern United States, this species of ant is usually nocturnal, and nests in sand. They...
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    instance, these replete workers develop in the North American honeypot ant Myrmecocystus mexicanus. Usually the largest workers in the colony develop into repletes;...
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    overlap of food sources and space between Dorymyrmex bicolor and Myrmecocystus. The Myrmecocystus ants secrete a substance from their poison gland onto a food...
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    of which varies seasonally. Cole et al. surveyed the distribution of Myrmecocystus mexicanus nests, (a species of North American honey ant) relative to...
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    example, members of the sterile caste of the honeypot ants such as Myrmecocystus fill their abdomens with liquid food until they become immobile and...
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    Insect castes: Replete and worker honeypot ants Myrmecocystus mimicus...
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    – cornfield ants, citronella ants Metalasius Boudinot et al., 2022 Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838 – honeypot ants Nylanderia Emery, 1906 – crazy ants Paraparatrechina...
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    species, a few wasp species (Polybia spp.), and a few ant species (Myrmecocystus spp. and other genera). There are few historical reports of humans using...
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    Carlo (1906). "Rassegna critica della specie paleartiche del genere Myrmecocystus" (PDF). Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna...
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    southern India. Cremastocheilus stathamae feeds on ants of the genus Myrmecocystus. In terms of movement, adults are considered some of the best flyers...
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    or unique behaviors, such as the engorged bodies of the honeypot ant Myrmecocystus mexicanus or the waggle dance of honey bees and a wasp species, Vespula...
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    Plains to Texas and New Mexico in the United States. The "honey ant" (Myrmecocystus mexicanus), among other species, has been observed collecting nectar...
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  • in California, Myrmecocystus tenuinodis Snelling 1976 (the honeypot ant), Neivamyrmex wilsoni Snelling & Snelling 2007, and Myrmecocystus wheeleri, named...
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  • 1883 23 Melophorus bagoti Melophorus bagoti Myrmecocystus Wesmael 1838 29 Myrmecocystus mexicanus Myrmecocystus mexicanus Myrmecorhynchus André 1896 3 Myrmecorhynchus...
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  • what polymorphic role they become. For instance, larger workers in Myrmecocystus mexicanus (a North America species of honeypot ant) tend to become repletes...
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    – cornfield ants, citronella ants Metalasius Boudinot et al., 2022 Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838 – honeypot ants Nylanderia Emery, 1906 – crazy ants Paraparatrechina...
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