Protonym: Formica microgyna subsp. spatulata
Authorship Buren, 1944a: 305
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Iowa, Minnesota)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Iowa, nr Spirit Lake (W.F. Buren). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated, “two nests”). Secondary type localities: paratypes: with same data as holotype, U.S.A.: Minnesota, Wheaton (no collector’s name; perhaps W.F. Buren). Secondary type depositories: ISUI, LACM, USNM, MZSP.
Type notes Buren, 1944a says paratypes are also in the collections of “other institutions and individuals”, without specification.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica microgyna spatulata Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica spatulata Buren, 1944
Original combination
Formica spatulata Species Valid