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

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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
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

Media type: text; Wheeler 1913 Description: Wheeler (1913), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 53(10): 379-565;

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Shows Publication: Wheeler 1913 Description: Wheeler (1913), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 53(10): 379-565

  • 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
  • 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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