Formica subcyanea
Wheeler, 1913i:
563 (w.q.m.)
MEXICO (Hidalgo).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 249). Type localities: Mexico: Hidalgo, Guerrero Mill (9000 ft) (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Velasco (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, below Real del Monte (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, El Chico (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Pachuca (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated), 1 paralectotype male. Type localities: Mexico: Hidalgo, Guerrero Mill (9000 ft) (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Velasco (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, below Real del Monte (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, El Chico (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Pachuca (W.M. Mann). Secondary type depositories: AFPC, AMNH, MCZC, USNM.
Type notes:
Francoeur, 1973: 249, does not specify the locality of the lectotype; he merely says “I have examined specimens from all these localities except Velasco”.
- Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 249.
- Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d: 250.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1914c: 56; Wheeler, 1917a: 553; Emery, 1925d: 250; Francoeur, 1973: 249 (redescription); Francoeur, 1975: 263; Bolton, 1995b: 204.
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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. 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
- 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. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 22:37-61. 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