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Formica munda Wheeler, 1905 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893

Formica munda Wheeler, 1905d: 267 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Colorado, New Mexico). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 7 syntype queens. Primary type localities: U.S.A.: Colorado, Canyon City (P.J. Schmitt) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1913i: 417; no lectotype designated), U.S.A.: Colorado, Breckenridge and West Cliff (P.J. Schmitt), Colorado, Broadmoor and Roswell, nr Colorado Springs (W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: New Mexico, Glorieta and Old Pecos Pueblo (T.D.A. Cockerell). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Combination in Formica (Formica): Wheeler, 1913i: 416.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Wheeler, 1913i: 416 (redescription); Wheeler, 1917a: 534; Cole, 1936a: 38.
Junior synonym of Formica obtusopilosa: Emery, 1925d: 259; Creighton, 1950a: 465; Smith, 1951c: 867; Smith, 1979: 1450; Bolton, 1995b: 199.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1936a. An annotated list of the ants of Idaho (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Canadian Entomologist 68:34-39. PDF
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
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
Wheeler, W. M. 1905d. New species of Formica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:267-274. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF

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