Protonym: Formica fusca var. subpolita
Authorship Mayr, 1886d: 426
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (California)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 107). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, San Francisco (L.W. Schaufuss) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1913i: 534; no lectotype designated). Primary type depositories: NHMW.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 13 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AFPC, MSNG, NHMW.
Type notes 1) Francoeur, 1975: 260, cites 16 worker, 2 queen paralectotypes (2w MHNG, 14w, 2q NHMW). 2) Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: Connecticut (no collector’s name), U.S.A.: Colorado (no collector’s name).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica fusca subpolita Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886
Original combination
Formica subpolita Species Valid