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MCZ Entomology 304912

Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758

Syntype of Formica fusca var. marcida

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1913-12-31

North America: Canada: British Columbia | Selkirk Mountains, Prairie Hills

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:304912 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Common Name(s): fourmi soyeuse; silky ant
Determiner: André Francoeur on 1973-12-31
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Formica fusca var. marcida Wheeler 1913
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determined As: Formica fusca marcida
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon on 1913-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Wheeler 1913, page 503, Syntype of Formica fusca var. marcida Wheeler 1913
Media type: text; Wheeler 1913 Description: Wheeler (1913), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 53(10): 379-565;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Wheeler 1913 Description: Wheeler (1913), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 53(10): 379-565

  • type number: 8890

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) 2 pieces in collection 1 History

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  • Labels: Prairie Hills Selkirk Mts B.C. J.C. Bradley; Lectotype Formica marcida Wheeler A.F. 1968; Formica fusca Linne Det: 1969 A. Francoeur; MCZ Type 8890

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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:
  • Selkirk Mountains, Prairie Hills
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Prairie Hills Selkirk Mts B.C.
  • Georeference:
  • 51.4061110°, -117.38222° (Error radius: 4688m) By: Hannah Kernen on 2020-12-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1913-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • end date from type publication
  • Collector:
  • James Chester Bradley

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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