Myrmecocystus mimicus

Myrmecocystus mimicus is a North American species of ant in the genus Myrmecocystus.^[1] The species is widely distributed, from Kansas south to Texas and Mexico, and west to California.^[2]

Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Myrmecocystus
Subgenus:	Endiodioctes
Species:	M. mimicus
Binomial name
Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler, 1908