Leptothorax muscorum septentrionalis

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

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Leptothorax muscorum septentrionalis Wheeler, 1917 junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptothorax canadensis Provancher, 1887

Leptothorax (Mychothorax) muscorum var. septentrionalis Wheeler, 1917a: 511 (w.q.m.) CANADA (Alberta, British Columbia). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “numerous specimens”). Primary type localities: Canada: Alberta, Banff, Tunnel Mt (W.M. Wheeler), Canada: Alberta, Sulfur Springs, nr Banff (C.G. Hewitt), Canada: British Columbia, Yoho Pass, nr Emerald Lake (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Subspecies of Leptothorax muscorum: Emery, 1924f: 262; Smith, 1951c: 822
Senior synonym of Leptothorax calderoni: Creighton, 1950a: 276.
[Note: Creighton, 1950a: 276, gives Leptothorax calderoni as senior synonym, but Leptothorax muscorum septentrionalis has priority.]
Junior synonym of Leptothorax muscorum: Brown, 1955a: 47; Smith, 1958c: 134; Smith, 1979: 1397; Bolton, 1995b: 241; Radchenko, 2016: 210.
Junior synonym of Leptothorax canadensis: Schär et al., 2018: 6

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955a. The ant Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander) in North America. Entomological News 66:43-50. 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
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
Schär, S.; Talavera, G.; Espadaler, X.; Rana, J. D.; Andersen, A. A.; Cover, S. P.; Vila, R. 2018. Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae. Journal of Biogeography 00:1-12. 10.1111/jbi.13380 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
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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