Myrmecocystus mexicanus idahoensis

Myrmecocystus mexicanus idahoensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecocystus testaceus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Myrmecocystus
Species:	Myrmecocystus mexicanus idahoensis; Cole, 1936

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmecocystus testaceus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

idahoensis. Myrmecocystus mexicanus subsp. idahoensis Cole, 1936b: 118 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of mojave: Creighton, 1950a: 448. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 854. Junior synonym of testaceus: Snelling, R.R. 1976: 135.