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MCZ Entomology 304354

Formica neoclara Emery, 1893

Syntype of Formica fusca pruinosa

Date Collected:

1915-08-12

North America: Canada: British Columbia | Yoho National Park, Emerald Lake

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:304354 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Formica neoclara Emery, 1893
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: André Francoeur on 2014-07-08
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Formica fusca pruinosa Wheeler 1917
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: Wheeler in 1917
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Lectotype selected by A. Francoeur (1973).

Wheeler 1917, page 548, Syntype of Formica fusca pruinosa Wheeler 1917
Media type: text; Wheeler 1917 Description: The mountain ants of western North America;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Wheeler 1917 Description: The mountain ants of western North America

  • type number: 9213

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good, tentative unknown 3 History

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  • Labels: "Emerald Lake, B.C. Aug. 12 '15 Wheeler leg,; M.C.Z. Type 33-35 9213; Paralectotype Formica f. pruinosa Wheeler A.F. 1968; Formica neoclara Emery Det. 1968 A. Francoeur"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • British Columbia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005735 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Yoho National Park, Emerald Lake
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Emerald Lake, B.C.
  • Georeference:
  • 51.4434380°, -116.53076° (Error radius: 1374m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2021-07-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1915-08-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug. 12 '15
  • Collector:
  • William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon

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