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MCZ Entomology 8846

Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Syntype of Formica moki  
  Lectotype of Formica moki

Date Collected:

1905-05

North America: United States: Arizona: Coconino | Grand Canyon

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:8846 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 8846 Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: David R. Smithlinked data icon in 1979
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: David R. Smith noted that moki has seniority over occidua.
Previous Identifications
Formica occidua Wheeler, W.M. 1913
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: André Francoeur on 1969-12-31
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon on 1906-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Wheeler 1906, page 343, Syntype of Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Francoeur 1973, page 254, Lectotype of Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Media type: text; Wheeler 1906 Description: journal article;

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Shows Publication Wheeler 1906 Description: journal article

Media type: image; Francoeur 1973 Description: Revision taxonomique des especes nearctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera);

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Shows Publication Francoeur 1973 Description: Revision taxonomique des especes nearctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera)

  • type number: 8846

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good, tentative unknown 1 History
caste=worker   determined date=2016-02-03   determined by=Rachel L. Hawkins SipeORCID iD icon  

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  • Labels: "Grand Canyon. Ariz. May 1905 W.M. Wheeler, Coll; MCZ Type 10-12 8846; Lectotype Formica moki Wheeler A.F. 1969; Formica occidua Wheeler Det: 1969 A.Francoeur"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Arizona
  • County:
  • Coconino
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2000092 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Grand Canyon
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Grand Canyon. Ariz.
  • Georeference:
  • 36.3293010, -112.71008 (Error radius: 120442m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-06-29 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1905-05-01 / 1905-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 1905
  • Collector:
  • William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Entomology 8821; 8822; 8823; 8824; 8825; 8826; 8827; 8828; 8829; 8830; 8831; 8832; 8833; 8834; 8835; 8836; 8837; 8838; 8839; 8840; 8847; 8851; 8852; 8853; 8858; 8859; 8860; 8865; 8871; 8872; 8873; 8870; 8842; 8843; 8846; 8866; 8874; 8875; 8877; 8876; 8879; 8841; 8844; 8845; 8854; 8855; 8878; 8880; 8856; 8857; 8861; 8862; 8863; 8864; 8867; 8868; 8869; 8849; 8850; 8848 Description: MCZ Entomology Hemiptera 006001-010000, pg.49;

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Ledger Entry For Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:8848 Carebara vespillo Syntype Description: MCZ Entomology Hemiptera 006001-010000, pg.49

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