Formica curiosa

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Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935 valid

Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935: 5, fig. 2 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Montana). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Montana, Lake McGregor (ca 35 mi. W Kalispell), 13.vii.1934 (W.S. Creighton). Primary type depositories: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 153 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0903280.

Combination in Formica (Raptiformica): Creighton, 1950a: 464.
Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 464; Smith, 1951c: 862; Wilson & Brown, 1955: 123; Smith, 1967a: 370; Buren, 1968a: 32 (redescription); Kutter, 1968c: 207; Snelling, 1969c: 194; Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Smith, 1979: 1464; Snelling & Buren, 1985: 72 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 193.
Senior synonym of Formica parcipappa: Snelling, 1969c: 194; Smith, 1979: 1464; Bolton, 1995b: 193.

Junior synonyms

Formica parcipappa Cole, 1947

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Buren, W. F. 1968a. Some fundamental taxonomic problems in Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 3:25-40. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1935. Two new species of Formica from western United States. American Museum Novitates 773:1-8. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1969c. Notes on the systematics and dulosis of some western species of Formica, subgenus Raptiformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71:194-197. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Buren, W. F. 1985. Description of a new species of slave-making ant in the Formica sanguinea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18:69-78. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955. Revisionary notes on the sanguinea and neogagates groups of the ant genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:108-129. PDF
Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF

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