Neivamyrmex agilis

A Chihuahuan Desert species that is often found in riparian areas. Workers have been observed foraging in columns, several meters long, searching in the leaf litter and holes in the habitat. (Mackay and Mackay 2002)

Distribution
United States: southern AZ, NM (Grant Co). MEXICO: Chihuahua, Jalisco.

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

Castes
The male and queen of this species are so far unknown, but we believe that Neivamyrmex andrei is the likely male. (Snelling and Snelling 2007)

Nomenclature

 * . Neivamyrmex agilis Borgmeier, 1953: 44 (w.) MEXICO (Chihuahua).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 26 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Chihuahua, Rio Santa Maria, 8.v. (C.H.T. Townsend); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); MCZC, MZSP (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 406 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 153; Watkins, 1972: 349 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 20; Watkins, 1976: 17 (in key); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1330; Watkins, 1982: 211 (in key); Watkins, 1985: 482 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 287; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 53; Snelling, G.C. & Snelling, 2007: 466.
 * Material of the nomen nudum cocula referred here by Borgmeier, 1955: 406; Kempf, 1972a: 153.
 * Distribution: Mexico, U.S.A.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
 * Cover S. P., and R. A. Johnson. 20011. Checklist of Arizona Ants. Downloaded on January 7th at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/AZants-2011%20updatev2.pdf
 * Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
 * Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
 * Johnson R. Personnal Database. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/resources.htm
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Mackay W. P., and E. E. Mackay. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp.
 * Mackay, W.P. and E. *Mackay, W. P. and E. Mackay. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY.
 * Quiroz-Robledo, L.N. and J. Valenzuela-Gonzalez. 2006. Las hormigas Ecitoninae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Morelos, México. Revista Biologia Tropical 54(2):531-552
 * Rojas Fernandez P. 2010. Capítulo 24. Hormigas (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Diversidad Biológica de Veracruz. Volumen Invertebrados. CONABIO-Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz.
 * Snelling G. C. and R. R. Snelling. 2007. New synonymy, new species, new keys to Neivamyrmex army ants of the United States. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 459-550
 * Vasquez Bolanos M. 1998. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) colectadas en necrotrampas, en tres localidades de Jalisco, Mexico. Thesis in Biological Science, Las Aguijas, Zapopan, Jalisco, 61 pages.
 * Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
 * Watkins II, J.F. 1982.The army ants of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55(2): 197-247.