Formica sibylla

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Formica sibylla Wheeler, 1913 valid

Formica sibylla Wheeler, 1913i: 530 (w.m.) U.S.A. (Nevada). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 263). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Nevada, Ormsby County, King’s Canyon, viii.1902 (C.F. Baker). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 263.
Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d: 250.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1917a: 551; Emery, 1925d: 250; Creighton, 1950a: 541; Smith, 1951c: 872; Francoeur, 1973: 263 (redescription); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b: 15 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 395; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 6; Smith, 1979: 1455; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 203; Ward, 2005: 64.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
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
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1977b. North Dakota ants updated. Reno, Nevada: published by the authors, 27 pp. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1978b. Mountain ants of Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 38:379-396. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 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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