Protonym: Formica fusca var. argentata
Authorship Wheeler, 1902f: 952 (footnote)
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Illinois)
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica fusca argentata Subspecies Homonym
homonym replaced by Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912
Original combination