title: The ants of North and Central America: the genus Mycocepurus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
abstract: We provide a review of the North American ants (north of Colombia) of the ant genus Mycocepurus, including keys to the workers and females, illustrations and distribution maps. The distribution of M. tardus is extended to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The female of M. curvispinosus is described.
authors.affiliation: Centennial Museum, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. wmackay@utep.edu
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojas Fernández
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000145:classification*; D002489:Central America; D003710:Demography; D009656:North America