Protonym: Leptothorax sphagnicolus
Authorship Francoeur, 1986b: 1158, fig. 18-30
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality CANADA (Québec)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Canada: Québec, St-Ambroise, d.r. de Chicoutimi (no collector’s name; perhaps Francoeur). Primary type depository: AFPC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype intercastes, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ABPC, AFPC, AMNH, LACM, LUQC, MCZC, MHNG, USNM.
Type notes On p. 1161, Francoeur, 1986b lists specimens measured: 15 workers, 16 intercastes, 10 queens, 10 males, but does not say if these are totals of specimens, or if all are type material.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax sphagnicola Species Valid Original combination
Leptothorax sphagnicolus Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Leptothorax sphagnicola Francoeur, 1986