MCZ Entomology 8890

Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758

Syntype of Formica fusca var. marcida

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1913-12-31

North America: Canada: British Columbia | Selkirk Mountains, Prairie Hills

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:8890 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Common Name(s): fourmi soyeuse; silky ant
Determiner: André Francoeur on 1973-12-31
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Formica fusca var. marcida Wheeler 1913
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determined As: Formica fusca marcida
Determiner: William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon on 1913-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Wheeler 1913, page 503, Syntype of Formica fusca var. marcida Wheeler 1913
Media type: text; Wheeler 1913 Description: Wheeler (1913), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 53(10): 379-565;

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  • type number: 8890

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good, tentative in collection 1 History
caste=worker   determined date=2016-01-27   determined by=Rachel L. Hawkins SipeORCID iD icon  

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  • Labels: Prairie Hills Selkirk Mts B.C. J.C. Bradley; Lectotype Formica marcida Wheeler A.F. 1968; Formica fusca Linne Det: 1969 A. Francoeur; MCZ Type 8890

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • British Columbia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005735 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Selkirk Mountains, Prairie Hills
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Prairie Hills Selkirk Mts B.C.
  • Georeference:
  • 51.4061110°, -117.38222° (Error radius: 4688m) By: Hannah Kernen on 2020-12-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1913-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • end date from type publication
  • Collector:
  • James Chester Bradleylinked data icon

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Media type: text; Entomology 8881; 8884; 8885; 8886; 8889; 8891; 8892; 8893; 8895; 8896; 8897; 8898; 8899; 8900; 8901; 8902; 8903; 8904; 8905; 8906; 8907; 8908; 8911; 8912; 8918; 8882; 8883; 8890; 8914; 8915; 8916; 8919; 8920; 8887; 8888; 8894; 8913; 8917; 8921; 8922; 8923; 8924; 8925; 8926; 8927; 8928; 8929; 8930; 8931; 8933; 8934; 8935; 8936; 8937; 8938; 8939; 8940; 8932 Description: MCZ Entomology Hemiptera 006001-010000, pg.50;

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