Formica fusca argentata

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Formica fusca argentata Wheeler, 1902 homonym replaced by Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912

Formica fusca var. argentata Wheeler, 1902f: 952 (footnote) (w.) U.S.A. (Illinois). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 141). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Illinois, Rockford, 29.viii.1902 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AFPC, AMNH, MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, USNM. Type notes: Francoeur, 1975: 261, cites 5 worker syntypes in MHNG.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 141.
[Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis argentata Fabricius, 1804.]
Subspecies of Formica fusca: Wheeler, 1906g: 20; Wheeler, 1906i: 344; Wheeler, 1908i: 625; Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Essig, 1926: 866.
Replacement name: Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912c.

Citations

Essig, E. O. 1926. Insects of western North America. New York: Macmillan, xi + 1035 pp. PDF
Francoeur, A. 1973. Révision taxonomique des espèces néarctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique du Québec 3:1-316. PDF
Francoeur, A. 1975 ("1974"). Notes for a revision of the ant genus Formica. 1. New identifications and synonymies for some nearctic specimens from Emery, Forel and Mayr collections. Entomological News 85:257-264. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1902f. The occurrence of Formica cinerea Mayr and Formica rufibarbis Fabricius in America. American Naturalist 36:947-952. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1906g. Fauna of New England. 7. List of the Formicidae. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:1-24. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1906i. The ants of the Grand Cañon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:329-345. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1908i. The ants of Casco Bay, Maine, with observations on two races of Formica sanguinea Latreille. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:619-645. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF

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