Formica foreliana

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Formica foreliana Wheeler, 1913 valid

Formica (Formica) foreliana Wheeler, 1913i: 451 (w.) U.S.A. (Arizona). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 234). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Arizona, Huachuca Mts, 4500 ft and 5600 ft (C.R. Biedermann). 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: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Original description says “several specimens taken from two colonies”, with different altitudes; Francoeur, 1973 does not state the altitude of origin of the lectotype.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 234.
Francoeur, 1973: 235 (q.m.)
Junior synonym of Formica gnava: Creighton, 1950a: 539; Smith, 1958c: 159.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1917a: 541; Emery, 1925d: 252; Cole, 1937b: 137; Cole, 1942: 380; Smith, 1951c: 863; Francoeur, 1973: 235 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 23; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 6; Smith, 1979: 1452; Bolton, 1995b: 195; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 344.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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.; Snelling, R. R. 1979. Notes for a revision of the ant genus Formica. 2. Reidentifications for some specimens from the T. W. Cook collection and new distribution data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 309:1-7. PDF
Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. PDF
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
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. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53:379-565. PDF
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