Neivamyrmex graciellae (Mann) ^HNS

Figures 5 a-b, 35, 51, 65, 78

Eciton gracellae Mann ^HNS, 1926: 97 (w). MEXICO, JALISCO, Ototonilco (USNM) examined .

Neivamyrmex graciellae ^HNS: Borgmeier, 1953: 10. Emendation. Borgmeier, 1955: 388 - 389 (w). Watkins & Coody, 1986: 257 (q).

DISTRIBUTION (Map 3)

UNITED STATES: Arizona. MEXICO: Jalisco, Oaxaca.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED

UNITED STATES, ARIZONA, Santa Cruz Co., Florida Canyon, Santa Rita Mts. (LACM, GCSC) .

MEXICO, JALISCO, Chamela Biological Station (USNM) ; Ototonilco (USNM). OAXACA, 13 mi NW Oaxaca, 5500 ft. (LACM) .

DISCUSSION

This species has not been previously recorded from the United States. Its discovery in southern Arizona raises the possibility that this species, rather than N. melanocephalus ^HNS, might be the worker caste of N. mandibularis ^HNS. The question cannot now be resolved.