Aphaenogaster megommata

Aphaenogaster megommata is a desert species that forages only at night (DeMarco, 2015).

Identification
This pale yellow species has huge eyes and miniscule propodeal spines (DeMarco, 2015).

Distribution
Western Arizona through California and Nevada to Oregon; northeastern Lower California and northwestern Sonora.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States. Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) megommatus Smith, M.R. 1963: 244, fig. 1 (w.) U.S.A. (Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, California).
 * Cole, 1966: 9 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1972b: 238 (l.).
 * Status as species: Cole, 1966: 9; Smith, M.R. 1967: 352; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1361; Snelling, R.R. & George, 1979: 72; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Ward, 2005: 65; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 298 (redescription).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
 * Johnson R. Personnal Database. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/resources.htm
 * Johnson, R.A. and P.S. Ward. 2002. Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview. Journal of Biogeography 29:10091026/
 * La Rivers I. 1968. A first listing of the ants of Nevada. Biological Society of Nevada, Occasional Papers 17: 1-12.
 * Nash M. S., Bradford D. F., Franson S. E., Neale A. C., Whitford W. G. and Heggem D. T. 2004. Livestock grazing effects on ant communities in the eastern Mojave Desert, USA. Ecological Indicators 4: 199-213
 * Smith M. R. 1963. A new species of Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) from the western United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 71: 244-246.
 * Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
 * Wheeler G. C., and J. Wheeler. 1986. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp.