MCZ Entomology 662204

Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 ?

Date Collected:

2008-07-21

North America: United States: Utah: Grand | La Sal Mountains, 2.5 miles northeast of junction FSR 062 on FSR 063 (Road to Warner)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:662204 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 ?
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Common Name(s): western thatching ant
Determiner: Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID

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  • collector number: SPC 7839

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection ca.25 History

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Utah
  • County:
  • Grand
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • La Sal Mountains, 2.5 miles northeast of junction FSR 062 on FSR 063 (Road to Warner)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Utah: Grand Co. La Sal Mtns. 2.5 mi. NE Jct. FSR 062 on FSR 063 (Rd. to Warner) SPC 7839
  • Elevation:
  • 8720 ft
  • Habitat Description:
  • Heavily grazed partly shrubby meadow (shrub cover 1-3', ~25%), with dense grassy-herbaceous vegetation on gentle north-facing slope. Scattered Gambel Oak thicket to 15' tall. Sandy soil.
  • Microhabitat:
  • 1' tall thatch mound in dens shrub clump in open.
  • Georeference:
  • 38.5085000°, -109.31100° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Stefan P. Cover on 2008-07-21 (Source: Magellan Meridian Gold GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (38° 30.510000′ N  109° 18.66000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2008-07-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 7-21-08
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • ~10,000 ants, no sexuals.
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • 7839 (Stefan Cover Collecting Event Numbers of Stefan P. Cover)
  • Collector:
  • Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Entomology 573802; 573794; 573803; 573804; 573806; 573805; 573800; 573807; 573795; 573797; 573798; 573799; 573796; 573808; 573801; 573793; 662202; 662203; 662204; 662205 Description: Stefan Cover Field Notes Vol. 14, pg.122. Scanned on 2014-12-02; hard copy may have been updated.;

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Ledger Entry for: 20 cataloged items from MCZ:Ent:573802 Formica microgyna to MCZ:Ent:662...

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