Protonym: Leptothorax sphagnicolus
Authorship Francoeur, 1986b: 1158, fig. 18-30
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality CANADA (Québec)
Primary type information Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Canada: Québec, St-Ambroise, d.r. de Chicoutimi (no collector’s name). Type-depository: AFPC.
Secondary type information Paratype-material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype intercastes, paratype males (numbers not stated). Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: ABPC, AFPC, AMNH, LACM, LUQC, MCZC, MHNG, USNM.
Type notes On p. 1161, Francoeur lists specimens measured: 15 workers, 16 intercastes, 10 queens, 10 males, but does not say if these are totals of specimens, or if all are type-material.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax sphagnicola Species Valid Original combination
Leptothorax sphagnicolus Species Unavailable misspelling
a misspelling of Leptothorax sphagnicola Francoeur, 1986