Dorymyrmex paiute

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

Nomenclature

 *  paiute. Dorymyrmex paiute Snelling, R.R. 1995: 9, figs. 14, 23 (w.) U.S.A.

Worker
(holotype) (mm): HL 0.90; HW 0.81; SL 0.84; EL 0.21; TL 3.0. Indices and ratios: CI 89; SI 97; SI2 110; 0123; OMR 114; IOR 200.

Head broadest at eye level; in frontal view, margins weakly convex and broadly rounded onto venex, venex weakly concave. Eye small, EL 0.90 times OMD, OMD about 0.64 times distance from upper eye margin to level of vertex margin. Mesonotal profile flat or slightly concave; base of propodeum long, distinctly sinuate, posterior tubercle broad at base, sharp. Sculpture and pilosity as described for D. insanus but pronotum without erect hairs (several specimens have one pair of setae that are distinctly shorter than minimum scape thickness).

Color light reddish brown, head more reddish and gaster more brownish; antennae and legs paler.

Paratypes (mm): HL 0.81-0.92; HW 0.71-0.84; SL 0.77-0.87; EL 0.19-0.23; TL 2.9-3.4. Indices and ratios: CI 88-96; SI 93-100; SI2 100-114; 01 22-26; OMR 108-129; IOR 171-200.

Type Material
Holotype and 35 paratype workers: Utah, Washington Co.: Zion National Park, 22July 1932 (W.S. Creighton). Holotype in ; paratypes in, LACM, ,.

Etymology
Named for the Paiute people who formerly occupied the Great Basin region; the name is a noun in apposition.