Allred, D.M. 1982. "Ants of Utah." Great Basin Nat. 42:415-511.
Buren, W.F. 1983. "Artificial faunal replacement for imported fire ant control." Florida Entomol. 66:93-100.
Cokendolpher, J.C. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part III. Additions and corrections.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 31, 19 p.
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Diniz Filho, J.A.F., and H.G. Fowler. 1998. "Honey ants (Genus Myrmecocystus) macroecology: Effect of spatial patterns on the relationship between worker body size and geographic range size." Environ. Entomol. 27:1094-1101.
Eastlake Chew, A., and R.M. Chew. 1980. "Body size as a determinant of small-scale distributions of ants in evergreen woodland southeastern Arizona." Insect. Soc. 27:189-202.
Francoeur, A., and R.R. Snelling. 1979. "Notes for a revision of the ant genus Formica. 2. Reidentifications for some specimens from the T. W. Cook collection and new distribution data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 309:1-7.
Hölldobler, B., and H. Engel-Siegel. 1982. "Tergal and sternal glands in male ants." Psyche 89:113-132.
—. 1985 ("1984"). "On the metapleural gland of ants." Psyche 91:201-224.
Hunt, J.H., and R.R. Snelling. 1975. "A checklist of the ants of Arizona." J. Ariz. Acad. Sci. 10:20-23.
Johnson, D.W. 1986. "Desert Buttes: Natural experiments for testing theories of Island biogeography." Nat. Geogr. Res. 2(2):152-166.
Kay, C.A.R. 1978. "Preferred temperatures of desert honey ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." J. Therm. Biol. 3:213-217.
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Rees, D.M., and A.W. Grundmann. 1940. "A preliminary list of the ants of Utah." Bull. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 31(5):3-12.
Snelling, R.R. 1969. "Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 170:1-9.
—. 1982. "A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 81:69-86.
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This list was compiled by first searching Formis 2002 for references with ‘Myrmecocystus mendax’ or 'Myrmecocystus melliger mendax’ or ‘Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps’ in any field. The resulting list was edited to remove any entries that were dissertations, specific to pest control, concerned primarily with myrmecophiles or predators, or, generally judged to have marginal relevance to this ant species.
(Allred 1982, Beckham 1980, Buren 1983, Cokendolpher 1990, Cokendolpher & Francke 1990, Diniz Filho & Fowler 1998, Eastlake Chew & Chew 1980, Francoeur & Snelling 1979, Glass 1991, Hölldobler & Engel-Siegel 1982, 1985 ("1984"), Hunt & Snelling 1975, Johnson 1986, Kay 1974, 1978, MacKay et al. 1988, Rees & Grundmann 1940, Snelling 1969, 1982, Wheeler & Wheeler 1985)