Neivamyrmex mojave (M. Smith)
Figure 45

     Eciton (Neivamyrmex) mojave M. Smith, 1943a:196; _.
Creighton, 1950: 73; _.
     Neivamyrmex mojave: Borgmeier, 1955:633-635; pl.41 fig. 2; pl.43 fig. 7, 8, 10, 13, 15; pl.56 fig. 5; _. Watkins, 1976:25; map 47; _.

     RANGE: Western Mojave Desert south to Lower California.

     DESERT RECORDS. Map 11. "Mojave Desert: [M. Smith, 1943a].
San Bernardino Co.: 1 _, 4 mi NW Adelanto, 2900', 18 Sept 1978
(RRS & CDG; LACM), found dead on ground.

     DISCUSSION. This species has been previously known only from the type specimens from an unknown locality in the Mojave Desert. It is evidently nearest to N. minor and superficially looks much like that ant. However, the ocelli are much smaller and are not placed on a prominently raised area.
     The recently described N. nyensis Watkins of Nevada may be the worker form of this species.

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