Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Formicidae   >   Genus Myrmecina   

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Found in a variety of open-area habitats, often with dry, sandy soils, including woods edges, old fields, meadows, grasslands, prairies, and college campuses, although they have been collected in mixed deciduous woods (Bristow, 1984) and open woodlands (Crighton, 1950). (See Frye et al., 2014)

There are 11 records in the project database.

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Myrmecina americana specimen. Contributed by April Nobile. Photo by AntWeb Data. (MBP list)

A Myrmecina americana in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Tim Foard. (MBP list)


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