Neivamyrmex californicus (Mayr)
Figures 32, 33, 42

     Eciton californicum Mayr, 1870:969; o.
     Eciton (Labidus) californicum: Mayr, 1886a:121; o.
     Eciton (Acamatus) californicum: Emery, 1894:184; o.
1900:523; o.
     Eciton (Acamatus) californicum var. obscura Forel, 1914a:265; o.
     Eciton (Neivamyrmex) californicum: M. Smith, 1942:560; o. Creighton, 1950:70; o.
     Neivamyrmex californicus: Borgmeier, 1953:11; o. Borgmeier, 1955:517?519; o. Watkins, 1976:15; map 32; o. Allred, 1982:492. Wheeler and Wheeler, 1986:20.

     RANGE: California.

     DESERT RECORDS. None.

     DISCUSSION. The male form of this ant is unknown. This species appears to be primarily an ant of chaparral and grassland areas and is not currently known from our deserts. All previous desert records believed to apply to this species have proven to refer to the recently recognized shiny headed form of N. nigrescens (Ward 1999). We are including it here since it may ultimately be found in marginal foothill and riparian areas.
     The wingless phorid fly, Xanionotum hystrix Brues (Diptera: Phoridae), has been associated with a colony of N. californicus collected in San Diego County, California (J. H. Hunt, pers. obs.).

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