Formica pruinosa

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Formica pruinosa Wheeler, 1917 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica neoclara Emery, 1893

Formica fusca subsp. pruinosa Wheeler, 1917a: 548 (w.q.m.) CANADA (British Columbia). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 84). Primary type locality: lectotype Canada: British Columbia, Emerald Lake, 12-15.viii. (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 3 paralectotype queens, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, CDAO, LACM, MCZC, USNM.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 84.
Subspecies of Formica fusca: Emery, 1925d: 248; Smith, 1951c: 863.
Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 538; Smith, 1958c: 158; Beck et al., 1967: 70; Smith, 1967a: 372.
Junior synonym of Formica neoclara: Francoeur, 1973: 84; Smith, 1979: 1454; Bolton, 1995b: 202.

Obsolete combinations

Formica fusca pruinosa

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.
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
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
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF

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