MCZ Entomology 575593

Formica limata Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Date Collected:

1995-07-09

North America: United States: Colorado: El Paso | Exit 151 Briargate Parkway, On I-25 2.4 miles north of Colorado Springs Flat area just east of exit

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:575593 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Formica limata Wheeler, W.M., 1913
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon on 1995-11-01
Nature of ID: expert ID

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  • collector number: SPC 4438

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good in collection 2 History
caste = worker   determined by=Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon  

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Colorado
  • County:
  • El Paso
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014097 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Exit 151 Briargate Parkway, On I-25 2.4 miles north of Colorado Springs Flat area just east of exit
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Exit 151, Briargate Parkway on I-25. 2.4 mi N. Colorado Sprgs. Flat area just E. of exit. SPC 4438
  • Elevation:
  • 6500 ft
  • Habitat Description:
  • Open sparsely grassy-herbaceous area with scattered Ponderosa Pine to 5 m.
  • Microhabitat:
  • 2" crater nest in dense grassy-herbaceous vegetation, in open. Coarse sandy soil.
  • Georeference:
  • 38.9691666°, -104.80150° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Stefan P. Cover on 1995-07-10 (Source: Magellan Meridian Gold GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (38° 58.150000′ N  104° 48.09000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1995-07-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 7-9-95
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • 100-200 ants in colony. Sexual larvae present. Different species from common one in area. (see 4437).
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • 4438 (Stefan Cover Collecting Event Numbers of Stefan P. Cover)
  • Collector:
  • Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Entomology 522581; 522588; 522587; 522574; 522577; 522580; 522576; 522582; 522586; 522583; 522589; 522585; 651145; 522579; 522578; 522584; 522575; 575594; 575595; 575593; 575648; 575649; 575650; 651146; 575624; 575621; 575622; 575623; 651147; 523071; 523073; 523067; 523074; 523064; 523069; 523066; 523070; 523063; 523065; 523068; 523072; 523075 Description: Stefan Cover Field Notes Vol. 9, pg.92. Scanned on 2014-10-03; hard copy may have been updated.;

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