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Key to ''[[Polyergus]]'' species of the United States based on workers, modified from Trager (2013). ...ssissippi Valley (one species extends west to southern Rocky Mountains) (''Polyergus lucidus'' group) =>[[#2|'''2''']]

The following key to ''[[Polyergus]]'' species is based on Trager (2013). *[[Polyergus species groups|''Polyergus'' species groups]]

|name = ''Polyergus bicolor'' |genus = ''[[Polyergus]]''

|name = ''Polyergus vinosus'' |genus = ''[[Polyergus]]''

|name = ''Polyergus topoffi'' |genus = ''[[Polyergus]]''

<!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST--> ...Link =Xenobiosis|Locality =|Source =|Notes =|Inline = yes}}. It is a host of the cricket ''Myrmecophila'' sp.

...least a few are blunt-tipped. The eyes are large, extending past the sides of the head in most workers. (Mackay and Mackay 2002) <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

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...he mandible. There is usually a pair of erect hairs on the ventral surface of the head, a few hairs on the vertex, and several blunt-tipped hairs on the <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

|name = ''Polyergus mexicanus'' |genus = ''[[Polyergus]]''

|name = ''Polyergus breviceps'' |genus = ''[[Polyergus]]''

...are found in the soil, usually with the nest entrance surrounded by mound of soil. ...covered with hairs. This species is shiner than most of the other members of the ''fusca'' group, and is usually medium brown with a black gaster. (Mack

<!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST--> ...host|Locality =|Source =Bono et al., 2006; de la Mora et al., 2021|Notes =host as ''Formica'' sp. cf. ''argentea''|Inline =}}

...lony. It involves a parasitic species which is dependent on one or several host species. The relationship can be obligatory or facultative, permanent or te '''Holldobler & Wilson (1990)''', following a suggestion of Wasmann (1891), distinguished between "compound nests" and "mixed colonies"

|name = ''Polyergus lucidus'' |image = Polyergus-lucidus-MCZ001H.jpg

...in the soil, usually with a mound. Sometimes nests are located at the base of a plant or under stones or logs, or in stumps, often in sandy soils. Nests <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

|name = ''Polyergus samurai'' |image = Polyergus samurai casent0173324 head 1.jpg

|name = ''Polyergus'' |image = Polyergus rufescens casent0010688 head 1.jpg

...stones and in the soil without mounds. It feeds from extrafloral nectaries of the cholla (''Opuntia'' spp), and forages into cotton wood trees. These ant <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

.... The queens produce eggs that are cared for and raised to maturity by the host workers. <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->