Formica fusca blanda

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

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Formica fusca blanda Wheeler, 1913 unresolved junior homonym, junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912

Formica fusca var. blanda Wheeler, 1913i: 398 (in key) (w.) U.S.A. (Washington). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 141). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Washington, Olympia (T. Kincaid). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 11 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, USNM.

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1973: 141.
[Formica fusca fusca blanda Wheeler, 1913i; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
[Unresolved junior primary homonym of Camponotus blandus Smith, 1858a (Bolton, 1995b: 192).]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925d: 248.
Subspecies of Formica fusca: Wheeler, 1917a: 548; Creighton, 1950a: 532; Smith, 1951c: 864.
Junior synonym of Formica argentea: Francoeur, 1973: 141; Smith, 1979: 1452; Bolton, 1995b: 192.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Francoeur, A. 1973. Révision taxonomique des espèces néarctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique du Québec 3:1-316. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53:379-565. 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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