MCZ Entomology 662275

Myrmecocystus testaceus Emery, 1893

Date Collected:

2008-07-17

North America: United States: Utah: Sevier | 1.5 miles west of Junction Route 50 on FSR 102

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:662275 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Myrmecocystus testaceus Emery, 1893
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon on 2017-09-28
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Myrmecocystus 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 7760

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection ca.30 History
¬ Subsample: whole animal: tissue (ethanol) good in collection 6 History
Remarks: transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-06-14

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Utah
  • County:
  • Sevier
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 1.5 miles west of Junction Route 50 on FSR 102
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Utah: Sevier Co. 1.5 mi. W. Jct. Rt. 50 on FSR 102. SPC 7760
  • Elevation:
  • 6050 ft
  • Habitat Description:
  • Lightly grazed sagebrush, rabbitbrush, grass on flat. Sage about 2' tall ~20% cover.
  • Microhabitat:
  • Cryptic nest.
  • Georeference:
  • 38.9860000°, -112.01800° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Stefan P. Cover on 2008-07-17 (Source: Magellan Meridian Gold GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (38° 59.160000′ N  112° 1.08000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2008-07-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 7-17-08
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Accidently discovered while excavating SPC 7759.
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • 7760 (Stefan Cover Collecting Event Numbers of Stefan P. Cover)
  • Collector:
  • Stefan P. Coverlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Entomology 522824; 522828; 522820; 522819; 522825; 522826; 522823; 522822; 522821; 522827; 662145; 662146; 662260; 662275; 662261 Description: Stefan Cover Field Notes Vol. 14, pg.106. Scanned on 2014-12-02; hard copy may have been updated.;

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Ledger Entry for: 15 cataloged items from MCZ:Ent:522824 Formica wheeleri to MCZ:Ent:6622...

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