A few of the many species described by Roy Snelling:
Myrmecocystus tenuinodis Snelling 1976
Stenamma dyscheres Snelling 1973
Neivamyrmex wilsoni Snelling & Snelling 2007
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you can get now (thanks for reminding me to make it available) the Neivamyrmex wilsoni description now directly from plazi, either from here
http://plazi.org:8080/GgSRS/search?searchMode=displayDocument&idQuery=E…
or then select from some of the taxa snelling has revised by going to http://plazi.org:8080/GgSRS/search and search for author="Snelling". the new species he described should be marked.
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Roy Snellingâs species
April 25, 2008 by myrmecos
A few of the many species described by Roy Snelling:
Myrmecocystus tenuinodis Snelling 1976
Stenamma dyscheres Snelling 1973
Neivamyrmex wilsoni Snelling & Snelling 2007