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This list was compiled by first searching Formis 2002 for references with ‘Myrmecocystus mexicanus’ or ‘Myrmecocystus melliger hortusdeorum’ 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.
(Abbott 1978, Allred 1973, 1982, Allred & Cole 1979, Anon. 1973, Baroni Urbani et al. 1992, Beattie 1985, Beckham 1980, Bernstein 1979a, b, c, Bernstein & Gobbel 1979, Brian 1983, Cazier & Mortenson 1965, Chew 1977, 1987, 1995, Cokendolpher 1990, Cokendolpher & Francke 1990, Cole et al. 2001, Conway 1975, 1977, 1980a, b, 1981, 1983a, b, 1990, DeMoss 1973, Diniz Filho & Fowler 1998, Dumpert 1978, 1981, Edwards 1873, Emery 1893, Fletcher & Ross 1985, Forel 1880, Hawes 1962, Hölldobler & Engel-Siegel 1985 ("1984"), Hunt & Snelling 1975, Johnson 1986, Kay 1974, 1978, La Rivers 1968, Levings & Traniello 1982 ("1981"), Lucas 1855a, b, 1860, MacKay 1980, Mackay 1987, MacKay et al. 1988, McCook 1879, Michener & Michener 1951, Pergande 1893, Peterson et al. 1981, Raghu Varman 1981, Ramos Elorduy de Conconi & Rodríguez 1977, Rees & Grundmann 1940, Saunders 1875, Schumacher & Whitford 1976, Sharp 1968 (1899), Shaw et al. 1987, Slocumb 1966, Snelling 1969, 1971, 1982, Stradling 1987, Sudd 1987, Wheeler & Wheeler 1985, Wheeler 1911, Whitford 1978, Wisdom & Whitford 1981)