Atta texana

Identification Keys including this Taxon
Key to US Atta species

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

Association with Other Organisms


Waller and Moser (1990) - The springtail species Pseudosinella violenta (Folsom) (Lepidocyrtidae) is known from nests of this ant.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmica (Atta) texana Buckley, 1860a: 233 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Texas).
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1974d: 79 (l.).
 * Combination in Oecodoma: Mayr, 1863: 438;
 * combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35;
 * combination in Atta (Archeatta): Gonçalves, 1942: 343.
 * Junior synonym of fervens: Mayr, 1865: 81; Forel, 1885a: 362; Mayr, 1886d: 442; Cresson, 1887: 259; Dalla Torre, 1893: 152, Forel, 1899c: 33; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 29.
 * Subspecies of insularis: Emery, 1913b: 259; Emery, 1924d: 354.
 * Subspecies of fervens: Borgmeier, 1939: 423 (in list).
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1863: 438; Buckley, 1867: 347; Wheeler, W.M. 1907c: 700 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 568; Gonçalves, 1942: 343; Creighton, 1950a: 329; Borgmeier, 1950d: 261; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 832; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 138; Borgmeier, 1959b: 356 (redescription); Smith, M.R. 1967: 363; Smith, D.R., 1979: 1413; Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 386; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 77.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Watkins J. F., II 1969. A new species of Neivamyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Louisiana. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41: 528-531.
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 * Wheeler, G.C. and J. Wheeler. 1985. A checklist of Texas ants. Prairie Naturalist 17:49-64.