Formica cinerea var. lepida
Wheeler, 1913i:
399 (in key) (w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 122). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, Humboldt County, Blue Lake, 20-27.vi.1907 (J.C. Bradley). Primary type depositories: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AFPC, MCZC, LACM, USNM.
- Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 122.
- [Formica cinerea cinerea lepida ; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Wheeler, 1917a: 551 (q.)
- Subspecies of Formica cinerea: Wheeler, 1917a: 551; Emery, 1925d: 246; Creighton, 1950a: 531; Gregg, 1953c: 326; Cole, 1954c: 166; Smith, 1951c: 861; Smith, 1958c: 154; Beck et al., 1967: 69; Smith, 1967a: 370.
- Status as species: Francoeur, 1973: 122 (redescription); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b: 15 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977: 185; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 4; Smith, 1979: 1453; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 88 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 197; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 349; Ward, 2005: 63.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Beck, D. E.; Allred, D. M.; Despain, W. J. 1967. Predaceous-scavenger ants in Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 27:67-78.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1954c. Studies of New Mexico ants. XI. The genus Formica with a description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 29:163-167. PDF
- 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
- Gregg, R. E. 1953c. Morphological considerations affecting the taxonomy of certain genera of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 55:324-330. 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.
- 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
- Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. 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. 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
- Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF