Date Collected:

2010-08-10

North America: United States: Arizona: Apache | 0.3 miles south of the Junction of Route 60 on County Road 3123 (FSR 117)

Current Identification
Lasius occidentalis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon on 2017-05-04
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Lasius Fabricius, 1804 sp.
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID

  • NCBI GenBank number: LT977528 linked data icon
  • collector number: SPC 8370

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection >60 History
caste = worker   determined by=Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon  

  • None

  • None

  • creightoni? occidentalis?

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Arizona
  • County:
  • Apache
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2000090 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • 0.3 miles south of the Junction of Route 60 on County Road 3123 (FSR 117)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • AZ: Apache Co. 0.3 mi. S. Jct. Rt. 60 on Co. Rd.; 3123 (FSR 117). 34* 14.17' N, 109* 31.02' W SPC 8370
  • Elevation:
  • 7280 ft
  • Habitat Description:
  • Dry grassy flat with scattered Cylindropuntia <12" tall and Junipers <6' tall. Under rock in open. Fine sand with clay. Moderate groundcover.
  • Microhabitat:
  • Montane grassland with scattered low junipers (<6').
  • Georeference:
  • 34.2361666°, -109.51700° (Error radius: 20ft) By: Stefan P. Cover on 2010-08-10 (Source: Magellan Meridian Gold GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (34° 14.170000′ N  109° 31.02000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2010-08-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8-10-10
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • 8370 (Stefan Cover Collecting Event Numbers of Stefan P. Cover)
  • Collector:
  • Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Entomology 655814;  655815;  655816;  655817;  655818 Description: Stefan Cover Field Notes Vol. 15, pg.45. Scanned on 2014-10-29; hard copy may have been updated.;

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Ledger Entry for: 5 cataloged items from MCZ:Ent:655814 Monomorium sp. to MCZ:Ent:655818 ...

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