Formica accreta
Francoeur, 1973:
182, figs. 308-323 (w.q.m.)
CANADA (British Columbia).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Canada: British Columbia, Vancouver I., Royal Oak (J.D.T.). Primary type depository: CDAO.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 21 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 15 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 27.vi.1921 (W. Downes). Secondary type depositories: AFPC, CDAO, LACM, MCZC.
- Junior synonym of Formica fusca: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 16.
- Status as species: Francoeur, 1975: 262; Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 6; Smith, 1979: 1452; Allred, 1982: 461; Blacker, 1992: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 331; Ward, 2005: 63.
Citations
- Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
- Blacker, N. C. 1992. Some ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 89:3-12. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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. 1975 ("1974"). Notes for a revision of the ant genus Formica. 1. New identifications and synonymies for some nearctic specimens from Emery, Forel and Mayr collections. Entomological News 85:257-264. 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
- Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. 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.
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
- Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF