Formicoxenus chamberlini

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Formicoxenus chamberlini (Wheeler, 1904) valid

Symmyrmica chamberlini Wheeler, 1904a: 5, pl. 1, figs. 1-7 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Utah). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur et al., 1985: 379). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Utah, nr Salt Lake City, 20.viii.1902 (R.V. Chamberlin). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 20 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen, 5 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, USNM. Type notes: 1) Francoeur et al., 1985: 379, do not specify the sex/caste of the lectotype, which is assumed here to be a worker. 2) Original description cites 21 worker, 1 queen, 5 male syntypes.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur et al., 1985: 379.
Combination in Formicoxenus: Francoeur et al., 1985: 379
Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 567; Emery, 1924f: 264; Essig, 1926: 862; Creighton, 1950a: 281; Smith, 1951c: 822; Smith, 1979: 1398; Allred, 1982: 478; Buschinger & Francoeur, 1983: 297; Francoeur et al., 1985: 379 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 206.

Obsolete combinations

Symmyrmica chamberlini

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.
Buschinger, A.; Francoeur, A. 1983. The guest ant, Symmyrmica chamberlini, rediscovered near Salt Lake City, Utah (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 90:297-305. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Essig, E. O. 1926. Insects of western North America. New York: Macmillan, xi + 1035 pp. PDF
Francoeur, A.; Loiselle, R.; Buschinger, A. 1985. Biosystématique de la tribu Leptothoracini (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). 1. Le genre Formicoxenus dans la région holarctique. Naturaliste Canadien (Québec) 112:343-403. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1904a. Three new genera of inquiline ants from Utah and Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20:1-17. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF

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