MCZ Entomology 662205

Lasius sp.

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)

Current 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

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  • collector number: SPC 7840

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection ca.60 History

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Utah
  • County:
  • Grand
  • 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 7840
  • 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:
  • Under rock 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:
  • No brood. True mixed colony. Note: horrendous mites on Acanthomyops only - don't recognise the Acanthomyops species.
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • 7840 (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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