Formica rufa subsp. propinqua
Creighton, 1940a:
1, 7 (in key), fig. 1 (w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Lake Tahoe (W.M. Wheeler) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a: 490). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: California, nr Lake Tahoe, Tallac, Glen Alpine Springs, Fallen Leaf Lake, and Angora Peak (W.M. Wheeler), 1 queen U.S.A.: Nevada, Ormsby County (C.F. Baker).
- [First available use of Formica truncicola integroides propinqua ; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Cole, 1956f: 257 (q.m.)
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925d: 254.
- Subspecies of Formica rufa: Smith, 1951c: 870.
- Subspecies of Formica integroides: Creighton, 1950a: 490; Cole, 1956g: 257; Smith, 1958c: 156; Smith, 1967a: 371; Smith, 1979: 1459; Allred, 1982: 467 (in key).
- Status as species: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 394; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 85; MacKay et al., 1988: 112 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 202; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 369; Ward, 2005: 64.
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. 1956f. Studies of Nevada ants. III. The status of Formica nevadensis Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31:256-257. PDF
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1956g. Studies of Nevada ants. IV. Descriptions of sexual castes of three members of the rufa group of the genus Formica L. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31:257-260. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1940a. A revision of the North American variants of the ant Formica rufa. American Museum Novitates 1055:1-10. 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
- 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. 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. 1978b. Mountain ants of Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 38:379-396. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF