MCZ Entomology 8879

Formica lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Syntype of Formica cinerea var. lepida

Date Collected:

1907-06-20/1907-06-27

North America: United States: California: Humboldt | Blue Lake

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Current Identification
Formica lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1913
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: André Francoeur on 2014-08-29
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Lectotype designated by Francoeur (1973).
Previous Identification
Formica cinerea var. lepida Wheeler 1917
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determined As: Formica cinerea lepida
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon in 1967
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: F.cinerea lepida is the first available use of F. cinerea cinerea lepida (Wheeler, 1913), an unavailable name.

Wheeler 1913, page 399, Syntype of Formica cinerea var. lepida Wheeler 1917 [Formica cinerea subsp. cinerea var. lepida Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 526; unavailable name.]
Media type: text; Wheeler 1913 Description: Wheeler (1913), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 53(10): 379-565;

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  • type number: 8879

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good, tentative in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
collection Gift of W. M. Wheeler By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe

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  • Labels: "Jun. 20-27.07 Bradley Blue Lk Hmbldt Co Cal Jun. 20-27.07 Bradley; Gift of W. M. Wheeler; Lectotype Formica lepida Wheeler A. Francoeur, 1967"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • County:
  • Humboldt
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Blue Lake
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Blue Lk Hmbldt Co Cal
  • Georeference:
  • 40.8829070°, -123.98394° (Error radius: 2708m) By: Toby Shaya on 2020-08-11 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1907-06-20 / 1907-06-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Jun. 20-27.07
  • Collector:
  • James Chester Bradleylinked 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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