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MCZ Entomology 9213

Formica neoclara Emery, 1893

Syntype of Formica fusca pruinosa  
  Lectotype of Formica fusca pruinosa

Date Collected:

1915-08-15

North America: Canada: British Columbia | Yoho National Park, Emerald Lake

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:9213 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Formica neoclara Emery, 1893
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: André Francoeur
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Formica fusca pruinosa Wheeler 1917
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Formicinae
Determiner: Wheeler in 1917
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Lectotype designated by Andre Francoeur (1973).

Wheeler 1917, page 548, Syntype of Formica fusca pruinosa Wheeler 1917
Francoeur 1973, page 84, Lectotype of Formica fusca pruinosa Wheeler 1917
Media type: text; Wheeler 1917 Description: The mountain ants of western North America;

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

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  • type number: 9213

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: "Emerald Lake, B.C. Aug. 15 '15 Wheeler leg,; M.C.Z. Type 33-35 9213;Lectotype Formica f. pruinosa Wheeler A.F. 1968; Formica neoclara Emery Det. 1968 A. Francoeur"

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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:
  • Yoho National Park, Emerald Lake
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Emerald Lake, B. C.
  • Georeference:
  • 51.4434380°, -116.53076° (Error radius: 1374m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2021-07-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1915-08-15
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug. 15 '15
  • Collector:
  • William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Entomology 9181; 9182; 9183; 9184; 9185; 9186; 9187; 9188; 9191; 9194; 9197; 9203; 9208; 9215; 9218; 9219; 9220; 9222; 9223; 9224; 9226; 9229; 9230; 9232; 9233; 9234; 9236; 9237; 9240; 9239; 9200; 9198; 9205; 9207; 9210; 9211; 9212; 9213; 9214; 9216; 9225; 9189; 9190; 9192; 9193; 9195; 9201; 9227; 9231; 9235; 9238; 9196; 36072; 9204; 9206; 9209; 9217; 9221; 9228 Description: MCZ Entomology Hemiptera 006001-010000, pg.55;

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