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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Formica subsericea
Formica
subsericea
Say, 1836
valid
Formica subsericea
Say, 1836
: 289 (q.m.) U.S.A. (Indiana). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype queen, 2 syntype males. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Indiana (
T. Say
). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist (
Francoeur, 1973
: 172)).
Combination in
Camponotus
:
Roger, 1863b
: 5.
Combination in
Formica
:
Mayr, 1886d
: 426.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Wheeler, 1913i
: 499.
Junior synonym of
Formica fusca
:
Mayr, 1886d
: 426;
Cresson, 1887
: 257;
Creighton, 1950a
: 532;
Smith, 1958c
: 155.
Subspecies of
Formica fusca
:
Emery, 1893k
: 659;
Forel, 1899b
: 128;
Wheeler, 1900c
: 47;
Wheeler, 1903
: 72;
Wheeler, 1904f
: 306;
Wheeler, 1905j
: 401;
Wheeler, 1906g
: 19;
Wheeler, 1908i
: 625;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 570;
Wheeler, 1913d
: 116;
Wheeler, 1913i
: 398 (in key);
Wheeler, 1916r
: 598;
Wheeler, 1917a
: 545;
Wheeler, 1917c
: 27;
Wheeler, 1917k
: 464;
Emery, 1925d
: 248;
Essig, 1926
: 867;
Menozzi, 1932b
: 312;
Cole, 1936a
: 37;
Cole, 1937b
: 137;
Dennis, 1938
: 299;
Wing, 1939
: 165;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940
: 102;
Cole, 1942
: 382;
Buren, 1944a
: 300;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944
: 262;
Smith, 1951c
: 865.
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a
: 53;
Mayr, 1863a
: 421;
Roger, 1863b
: 5;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 213;
Francoeur, 1973
: 172 (redescription);
Francoeur, 1975
: 261;
Francoeur, 1977b
: 208;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b
: 15 (in key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b
: 396;
Francoeur & Snelling, 1979
: 4;
Smith, 1979
: 1455;
Allred, 1982
: 477;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g
: 92;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988
: 148;
Deyrup
et al.
, 1989
: 99;
Wheeler
et al.
, 1994
: 307;
Bolton, 1995b
: 204;
Deyrup, 2003
: 45;
Coovert, 2005
: 144;
MacGown & Forster, 2005
: 66;
Ellison
et al.
, 2012
: 175;
Deyrup, 2017
: 205.
Senior synonym of
Formica lecontei
:
Francoeur, 1973
: 172;
Smith, 1979
: 1455;
Bolton, 1995b
: 204;
Coovert, 2005
: 144.
Junior synonyms
Formica lecontei
Kennedy & Dennis, 1937
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1942.
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PDF
Francoeur, A.
1975 ("1974").
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Formica.
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PDF
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Francoeur, A.
;
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1979.
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Formica
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PDF
MacGown, J. A.
;
Forster, J. A.
2005.
A preliminary list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alabama, U. S. A.
Entomological News 116:61-74.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1886d.
Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:419-464.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1932b.
Formiche del Nord America raccolte dal Prof. F. Silvestri.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 26:310-312.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
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PDF
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1836.
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Boston Journal of Natural History 1:209-305.
PDF
Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
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;
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;
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;
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(eds.) 1979.
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
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;
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(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
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Smith, M. R.
1958c.
Family Formicidae.
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Krombein, K. V.
(ed.) 1958.
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;
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1940.
A collection of ants from southcentral Ohio.
American Midland Naturalist 24:89-103.
PDF
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;
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1944.
The ants of North Dakota.
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PDF
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;
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1977b.
North Dakota ants updated.
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;
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1978b.
Mountain ants of Nevada.
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;
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1986g.
The ants of Nevada.
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;
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;
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1994.
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PDF
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1900c.
The habits of
Ponera
and
Stigmatomma
.
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1903.
[Untitled.
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sp. nov. attributed to W.M. Wheeler.].
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Viereck, H. L.
1903.
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PDF
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1904f.
The ants of North Carolina.
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1905j.
An annotated list of the ants of New Jersey.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:371-403.
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1906g.
Fauna of New England. 7. List of the Formicidae.
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1908i.
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Formica
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1910a.
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1913d.
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1913i.
A revision of the ants of the genus
Formica
(Linné) Mayr.
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1916r.
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1916.
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1917a.
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PDF
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1917c.
The North American ants described by Asa Fitch.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1917k.
A list of Indiana ants.
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1939.
An annotated list of the ants of Maine (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
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