MCZ Entomology 555758

Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893

Syntype of Formica munda var. alticola

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: Colorado: Jefferson | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:555758 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 555758

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:555758 Formica obtusopilosa Syntype

Current Identification
Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Formicidae Latreille, 1809
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Vespoidea
Common Name(s): Ant
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID
Formica munda var. alticola Wheeler, 1917
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon on 1917-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Wheeler 1917, page 534, Syntype of Formica munda var. alticola Wheeler, 1917
Media type: text; Wheeler 1917 Description: The mountain ants of western North America;

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

  • type number: 9206

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) unknown in collection 3 History
caste = worker   determined date=2016-02-03   determined by=Rachel L. Hawkins SipeORCID iD icon  

Attribute Value Determination On
collection Gift of W. M. Wheeler By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe

  • None

  • Syntype Types

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Colorado
  • County:
  • Jefferson
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Jefferson Co. Colo 9500 ft.
  • Elevation:
  • 9500 ft
  • Georeference:
  • 39.5207770°, -105.26970° (Error radius: 47918m) By: Patrick McCormack on 2020-07-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Ernest J. Oslar

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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