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MCZ Entomology 8674

Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Syntype of Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis

Date Collected:

1915-08-20

North America: Canada: Alberta | Banff

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:8674 JSON-LD

Media type: image, MCZ:Ent:8674 Identified as Leptothorax muscorum type status Syntype of Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis. Aspect: labels

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MCZ:Ent:8674 Leptothorax muscorum. Syntype. Aspect: labels

Media type: image, MCZ:Ent:8674 Identified as Leptothorax muscorum type status Syntype of Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis. Aspect: head frontal view

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MCZ:Ent:8674 Leptothorax muscorum. Syntype. Aspect: head frontal view

Media type: image, MCZ:Ent:8674 Identified as Leptothorax muscorum type status Syntype of Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis. Aspect: habitus dorsal view

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MCZ:Ent:8674 Leptothorax muscorum. Syntype. Aspect: habitus dorsal view

Media type: image, MCZ:Ent:8674 Identified as Leptothorax muscorum type status Syntype of Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis. Aspect: habitus lateral view

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MCZ:Ent:8674 Leptothorax muscorum. Syntype. Aspect: habitus lateral view

Current Identification
Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae
Determiner: William Louis Brown, Jr. in 1955
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Synonymized by Brown (1955). The ant Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander) in North America. Entomological News 66:43-50.
Previous Identification
Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis Wheeler, 1917
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID

Wheeler 1917, page 511, Syntype of Leptothorax muscorum var. septentrionalis Wheeler, 1917
Media type: text, Wheeler 1917 Description: The mountain ants of western North America

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Wheeler 1917 Description: The mountain ants of western North America

  • type number: 8674

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) fair in collection 3 History
caste=worker   determined date=2016-03-01   determined by=Rachel L. Hawkins SipeORCID iD icon  

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  • None

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Alberta
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005694 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Banff
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Banff, Alta.
  • Georeference:
  • 51.1763540, -115.56649 (Error radius: 2134m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1915-08-20
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug. 20 '15
  • Collector:
  • William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text, Entomology 8641; 8642; 8643; 8644; 8645; 8646; 8647; 8648; 8649; 8650; 8651; 8652; 8653; 8654; 8655; 8656; 8657; 8658; 8659; 8660; 8661; 8662; 8664; 8665; 8667; 8668; 8669; 8670; 8672; 8679; 8681; 8682; 8683; 8684; 8685; 8687; 8688; 8689; 8690; 8691; 8692; 8693; 8694; 8700; 8695; 8697; 8680; 8696; 8673; 8676; 8677; 8678; 8663; 8671; 8686; 8698; 8699; 8674; 8675; 8666 Description: MCZ Entomology Hemiptera 006001-010000, pg.46

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Ledger page for: MCZ:Ent:8641 Description: MCZ Entomology Hemiptera 006001-010000, pg.46

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