Smith, Marion Russell (1894-1981)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
American Myrmecologist. Was a researcher with the Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction Section, United States Department of Agriculture

Obituary by Dr. R. Smith 1983.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Smith 1923a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1923a. Two new Mississippi ants of the subgenus Colobopsis. Psyche (Camb.) 30: 82-88 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1923b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1923b. Two new varieties of ants (Hymen.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 34: 306-308 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1924d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1924d. A new species of ant from Kansas (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 35: 250-253 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1927b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1927b. An additional annotated list of ants of Mississippi, with a description of a new species of Pheidole (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 38: 308-314 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1928a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1928a. The biology of Tapinoma sessile Say, an important house-infesting ant. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 21: 307-330 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1928b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1928b. An additional annotated list of the ants of Mississippi. With a description of a new species of Aphaenogaster (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 39: 242-246 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1928c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1928c. An additional annotated list of the ants of Mississippi. With a description of a new species of Aphaenogaster (Hym.: Formicidae) (continued from page 246). Entomol. News 39: 275-279 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1929cc.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1929c. Descriptions of five new North American ants, with biological notes. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 22: 543-551 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1930b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1930b. A description of the male of Proceratium croceum Emery, with remarks. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 23: 390-392 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1930d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1930d. Description of three new North American ants, with biological notes. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 23: 564-568 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1931a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1931a. An additional annotated list of the ants of Mississippi (Hym.: Formicoidea). Entomol. News 42: 16-24 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1931b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1931b. Is Eciton mexicanum F. Smith really Eciton pilosus F. Smith? J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 39: 295-298 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1931c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1931c. A revision of the genus Strumigenys of America, north of Mexico, based on a study of the workers (Hymn.: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 24: 686-710 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1934b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1934b. Three new North American ants. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 27: 384-387 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1934f.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1934f. Two new North American ants. Psyche (Camb.) 41: 211-213 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1935a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1935a. Two new species of North American Strumigenys (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 28: 214-216 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith, M.R. 1936c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1936c. A list of the ants of Texas. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44:155-170. [1936-06-25] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1936d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1936d. Ants of the genus Ponera in America, north of Mexico. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 29: 420-430 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1937.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1937 [1936]. The ants of Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. P. R. 20: 819-875 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1938a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1938a. A study of the North American ants of the genus Xiphomyrmex Forel. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 28: 126-130 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1938b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1938b. Notes on the legionary ants (Eciton, subgenus Acamatus) with a record of new specific synonymy. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 40: 157-160 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1939a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1939a. A new species of North American Ponera, with an ergatandrous form (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 41: 76-78 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1939b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1939b. The North American ants of the genus Harpagoxenus Forel, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 41: 165-172 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1939c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1939c. Notes on Leptothorax (Mychothorax) hirticornis Emery, and description of a related new species (Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 41: 176-180 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1939d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1939d. A study of the subspecies of Odontomachus haematoda (L.) of the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 47: 125-130 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1939e.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1939e. Ants of the genus Macromischa Roger in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 502-509 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1939f.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1939f. Notes on Formica (Neoformica) moki Wheeler, with description of a new subspecies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 581-584 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1940a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1940a. The discovery of the worker caste of an inquilinous ant, Epipheidole inquilina Wheeler. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 42: 104-109 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1940b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1940b. The identity of the ant Camponotus (Myrmentoma) caryae (Fitch). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 42: 137-141 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1941.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1941. Two new species of Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Basin Nat. 2: 118-121 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1942a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1942a. A new, apparently parasitic ant. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 59-61 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1942b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1942b. The males of two North American cerapachyine ants. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 62-64 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1942c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1942c. The legionary ants of the United States belonging to Eciton subgenus Neivamyrmex Borgmeier. Am. Midl. Nat. 27: 537-590 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1943a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1943a [1942]. A new North American Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 45: 209-211 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1943b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1943b. Ants of the genus Tetramorium in the United States with the description of a new species. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 45: 1-5 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1943c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1943c. Pheidole (Macropheidole) rhea Wheeler, a valid species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 45: 5-9 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1943d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1943d. The first record of Leptothorax, subgenus Goniothorax Emery, in the United States, with the description of a new species. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 45: 154-156 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1943f.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1943f. A new male legionary ant from the Mojave Desert, California. Lloydia 6: 196-197 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1944a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1944a. Ants of the genus Cardiocondyla Emery in the United States. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 46: 30-41 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1944b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1944b. Ants of the genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr with the description of a new Panamanian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 46: 97-99 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1944c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1944c. A key to the genus Acanthognathus Mayr, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 46: 150-152 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1944d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1944d. Additional ants recorded from Florida, with descriptions of two new subspecies. Fla. Entomol. 27: 14-17 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1944e.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1944e. The genus Lachnomyrmex, with the description of a second species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 46: 225-228 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1944f.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1944f. A second species of Glamyromyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 46: 254-256 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1946.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1946. A second species of Stegomyrmex, and the first description of a Stegomyrmex worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 17: 286-289 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947a. Ants of the genus Cryptocerus F., in the United States. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 49: 29-40 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947b [1946]. Ants of the genus Apsychomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 17: 468-473 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947c. A new and extraordinary Pheidole from New Guinea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 49: 73-75 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947d. A new species of Metapone Forel from New Guinea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 49: 75-77 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947e.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947e. A new species of Megalomyrmex from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 49: 101-103 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947f.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947f. A generic and subgeneric synopsis of the United States ants, based on the workers. Am. Midl. Nat. 37: 521-647 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947g.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947g. A study of Polyergus in the United States, based on the workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 38: 150-161 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947h.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947h. Notes on Pheidole (Decapheidole) and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 18: 193-196 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1947i.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1947i. A new genus and species of ant from Guatemala (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 55: 281-284 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1948.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1948. A new species of Myrmecina from California (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 50: 238-240 'PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1949a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1949a [1948]. A new genus and species of ant from India (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 56: 205-208 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1949b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1949b. A new species of Probolomyrmex from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 51: 38-40 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1949c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1949c. On the status of Cryptocerus Latreille and Cephalotes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 56: 18-21 PDF]]


 * Smith, M. R. 1949d. A new species of Camponotus, subg. Colobopsis from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 57: 177-181


 * [[Media:Smith, M.R. 1949e.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1949e. A new Leptothorax commonly inhabiting the canyon live oak of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 56: 112-115 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1950a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1950a. On the status of Leptothorax Mayr and some of its subgenera. Psyche (Camb.) 57: 29-30 PDF]]


 * Smith, M. R. 1951a. [Review of: Creighton, W. S. 1950. The ants of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 104:1-585.]. Sci. Mon. 72: 63


 * [[Media:Smith 1951b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1951b. A new species of Stenamma from North Carolina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 53: 156-158 PDF]]


 * Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420.


 * [[Media:Smith 1951d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1951d. Two new ants from western Nevada (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Great Basin Nat. 11: 91-96 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1952a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1952a. The correct name for the group of ants formerly known as Pseudomyrma (Hymenoptera). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 54: 97-98 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1952c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1952c. North American Leptothorax of the tricarinatus-texanus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 60: 96-106 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953a. A revision of the genus Romblonella W. M. Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 15: 75-80 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953b. Dolichoderus granulatus Pergande, a synonym (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 55: 211 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953c. A new species of Probolomyrmex, and the first description of a Probolomyrmex male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 127-129 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953d. A new Metapone from the Micronesian Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 135-137 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953e.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953e. A new Pheidole (subg. Ceratopheidole) from Utah (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 143-146 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953f.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953f. A new Romblonella from Palau, and the first description of a Romblonella male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 163-167 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1953g.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1953g. Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen, a synonym of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cress.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 48: 131-132 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1954a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1954a. A new name for Martia Forel (Hymenoptera). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 49: 17 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1954b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1954b [1953]. A new Camponotus in California apparently inhabiting live oak, Quercus sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 211-214 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1954c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1954c. Ants of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1671: 1-16 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1954d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1954d. Concerning type locality and type fixation of the North American ant, Myrmica emeryana Forel. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 49: 138-140 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1955b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1955b. Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga) townsendi (Ashm.), a synonym of Acanthostichus texanus Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 50: 48-50 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1955c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1955c. Remarks concerning the types of five species of ants described by Roger or Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 50: 98-99 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1955d.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1955d. Ants of the genus Pheidole, subgenus Hendecapheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 57: 301-305 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1955e.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1955e. The correct taxonomic status of Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) brevispinosa Donisthorpe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 57: 305 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1956a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1956a. A key to the workers of Veromessor Forel of the United States and the description of a new subspecies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 32: 36-38 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1956b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1956b. A list of the species of Romblonella including two generic transfers (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 51: 18 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1956c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1956c. A further contribution to the taxonomy and biology of the inquiline ant, Leptothorax diversipilosus Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 58: 271-275 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1957a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1957a [1956]. New synonymy of a New Guinea ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 58: 347 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1957b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1957b. Revision of the genus Stenamma Westwood in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 57: 133-174 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1958a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1958a [1957]. New synonymy of a North American ant, Aphaenogaster macrospina M. R. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 52: 113 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1958b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1958b [1957]. A contribution to the taxonomy, distribution and biology of the vagrant ant, Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 65: 195-198 PDF]]


 * Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2(suppl. 1):1-305.


 * [[Media:Smith 1961a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1961a [1960]. Notes on the synonymy of a North American ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 62: 251-252 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1961b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1961b. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 213-238 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1962a.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1962a. A remarkable new Stenamma from Costa Rica, with pertinent facts on other Mexican and Central American species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 70: 33-38 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1962b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1962b. A new species of exotic Ponera from North Carolina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 377-382 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1963c.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1963c. A new species of Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) from the western United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 71: 244-246 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1965.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1965. House-infesting ants of the eastern United States. Their recognition, biology, and economic importance. U. S. Dep. Agric. Tech. Bull. 1326: 1-105 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1967b.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1967b. Theodore Pergande - Early student of ants. Entomol. News 78: 117-122 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith 1969.pdf|Smith, M. R. 1969. [Review of: Cole, A. C., Jr. 1968. Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. A study of the genus in North America. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, x + 222 pp.]. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Am. 15: 157-158 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Smith & Wing 1955.pdf|Smith, M. R.; Wing, M. W. 1955 [1954]. Redescription of Discothyrea testacea Roger, a little-known North American ant, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 62: 105-112 PDF]]


 * Snyder, T. E.; Graf, J. E.; Smith, M. R. 1961. William M. Mann. 1886-1960. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 63: 68-73