Formica obtusopilosa
Emery, 1893
valid
Formica sanguinea subsp. obtusopilosa
Emery, 1893k:
648 (w.)
U.S.A. (New Mexico).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: New Mexico (T. Pergande). Primary type depository: MSNG.
- Combination in Formica (Formica): Wheeler, 1913i: 414.
- Combination in Formica (Raptiformica): Emery, 1925d: 259.
- Subspecies of Formica sanguinea: Wheeler, 1901e: 713; Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Wheeler, 1913i: 414 (redescription); Wheeler, 1917a: 534.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 259; Cole, 1942: 377; Creighton, 1950a: 465; Smith, 1951c: 867; Cole, 1954c: 163; Wilson & Brown, 1955: 128; Cole, 1966b: 22 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 369; Yensen et al., 1977: 185; Smith, 1979: 1450; Allred, 1982: 472; Snelling & Buren, 1985: 72 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 93; MacKay et al., 1988: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 359.
- Senior synonym of Formica munda alticola: Wilson & Brown, 1955: 128; Smith, 1979: 1450; Bolton, 1995b: 200.
- Senior synonym of Formica munda: Emery, 1925d: 259; Creighton, 1950a: 465; Smith, 1951c: 867; Smith, 1979: 1450; Bolton, 1995b: 200.
Junior synonyms
- Formica munda Wheeler, 1905
- Formica munda alticola Wheeler, 1917
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1942. The ants of Utah. American Midland Naturalist 28:358-388. PDF
- 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
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1966b. Ants of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin. Biological Series 7(3):1-27. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Emery, C. 1893k. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 7:633-682. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- MacKay, W. P.; Lowrie, D.; Fisher, A.; MacKay, E. E.; Barnes, F. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. 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. 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
- Snelling, R. R.; Buren, W. F. 1985. Description of a new species of slave-making ant in the Formica sanguinea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18:69-78. 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. 1901e. The compound and mixed nests of American ants. Part II (continued). American Naturalist 35:701-724. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 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
- Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955. Revisionary notes on the sanguinea and neogagates groups of the ant genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:108-129. PDF
- Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF