Lasius californicus

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Lasius californicus Wheeler, 1917 valid

Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus subsp. californicus Wheeler, 1917a: 531 (w.q.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Wing, 1968a: 85). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, San Gabriel Mts, 10.viii.1909 (F. Grinnell). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: U.S.A.: California, San Gabriel Mts, Palmer’s Canyon, nr Claremont (W.M. Wheeler). Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: Original description cites 11 worker, 1 queen syntypes.

Lectotype designation: Wing, 1968a: 85.
[Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus subsp. californicus Wheeler, 1916o: 172. Nomen nudum.]
Wing, 1968a: 85 (m.)
Combination in Acanthomyops: Creighton, 1950a: 430; Wing, 1968a: 85.
Combination in Lasius: Ward, 2005: 13.
Subspecies of Lasius interjectus: Emery, 1925d: 237; Smith, 1951c: 853.
Subspecies of Lasius claviger: Creighton, 1950a: 430; Smith, 1958c: 150.
Status as species: Buren, 1950: 185; Wing, 1968a: 85 (redescription); Smith, 1979: 1440; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 53; Ward, 2005: 64.

Obsolete combinations

Lasius interjectus californicus

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Buren, W. F. 1950. A new Lasius (Acanthomyops) with a key to North American females. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 52:184-190. 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
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
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1916o. Questions of nomenclature connected with the ant genus Lasius and its subgenera. Psyche (Cambridge) 23:168-173. 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
Wing, M. W. 1968a. Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 405:1-173. PDF

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