Protonym: Formica reflexa
Authorship Buren, 1942: 399
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Minnesota)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker (?). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Minnesota, nr Hibbing, 13.viii.1941 (W.F. Buren). Primary type depositories: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 128 paratype workers, 53 paratype queens, 41 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ISUI, LACM, MZSP, USNM. Secondary type specimens: MZSP0083639, MZSP0083640, MZSP0083641, MZSP0083642.
Type notes 1) Buren, 1942 does not specify the sex/caste of the holotype, assumed here to be a worker. 2) Buren, 1942 comments that there are also “a few paratypes in the collection of Herbert T. Dalmat of New York City”, present whereabouts unknown. 3) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica reflexa Species Valid Original combination