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This list was compiled by first searching Formis 2002 for references with ‘Myrmecocystus mimicus’ or ‘Myrmecocystus melliger mimicus’ or ‘Myrmecocystus melliger lomaensis‘ 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 1973, 1982, Allred & Cole 1979, Andrews 1916, Bartz 1983, Bartz & Hölldobler 1982, Beckham 1980, Bernasconi & Strassmann 1999, Bernstein 1979, Blom & Clark 1980, Bourke & Franks 1995, Brian 1983, Buren 1983, Buschinger & Maschwitz 1984, Cazier 1961, Cazier & Mortenson 1965, Cazier & Statham 1962, Choe & Perlman 1997, Cokendolpher 1990, Cokendolpher & Francke 1990, Crozier & Pamilo 1996, Diniz Filho & Fowler 1998, DuBois 1994, Dumpert 1978, 1981, Feener 1986, Fowler & Whitford 1982, Francoeur & Snelling 1979, Gladstone 1981, Heinze 1993, Herbers 1993, Hermann & Blum 1981, Hölldobler 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, Hölldobler & Engel-Siegel 1985 ("1984"), Hölldobler & Lumsden 1980, Hölldobler & Michener 1980, Hölldobler & Wilson 1977, Hunt & Snelling 1975, Kay 1974, 1978, La Rivers 1968, Lenoir & Jaisson 1982, Levings & Traniello 1982 ("1981"), Lumsden & Hölldobler 1983, Marikovsky 1979, Mirenda et al. 1980, Nonacs 1993, Oster & Wilson 1978, Parry & Morgan 1979, Passera 1984, Pollock & Rissing 1989, Quezada & DeBach 1973, Ratnieks & Anderson 1999, Reeve & Ratnieks 1993, Rissing & Pollock 1988, Roisin 1993, Schooley & Bestelmeyer 2000, Schumacher & Whitford 1976, Shaffer & Whitford 1981, Shaw et al. 1987, Smith 1961, Strassmann 1989, Sudd & Franks 1987, Trivers 1985, Wagner 1994, 1995, Wheeler & Wheeler 1985, Whitford 1978, Wisdom & Whitford 1981)