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Species: Leptothorax muscorum
Name Status:
Taxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Leptothorax
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
1 subspecies
Taxonomic history
| Combination in Leptothorax: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 439; in Leptothorax (Mychothorax): Forel, 1915d: 26. |
| Subspecies of Leptothorax acervorum: Forel, 1874 PDF: 84. |
| Status as species: André, 1883a: 294; Ruzsky, 1905b: 616. |
| Senior synonym of Leptothorax canadensis, Leptothorax kincaidi, Leptothorax septentrionalis, Leptothorax yankee (and its junior synonyms Leptothorax obscurus, Leptothorax sordidus): Brown, 1955a: 47; of Leptothorax betulae, Leptothorax fagi, Leptothorax flavescens: Radchenko, 1995a: 25. |
| Current subspecies: nominal plus Leptothorax muscorum uvicensis. |
| See also: Buschinger, 1966c PDF: 165; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 99; Kutter, 1977c: 130; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 72; Smith, 1979: 1397; Loiselle, Francoeur, et al. 1990: 323; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 139; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 132; Radchenko, 2007: 31. |
Distribution:
Alpine & Dinaric SLOBiology:
Open forests, alpine grasslandsNotes:
(Dutch vernacular name: mosslankmier)Taxon Page Author History
Specimen Data Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 8 times found in conifer forest, 1 times found in conifer woods, 3 times found in subalpine scrub, 3 times found in rocky ridge crest in conifer forest, 2 times found in small pine stand in grassland, 2 times found in early successional vegetation, 4 times found in clearcut/mature conifer edge, 2 times found in Riparian woodland around stream; mostly Acer grandidentata, abundant Rubus parviflorus in understory., 1 times found in Edge of bulldozed area in pine woodland; rocky soil, piles of dead wood, 2 times found in coastal dunes/shorepines, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 67 times search, 2 times Winkler, 1 times Davis sifter, 1 times Winkler sample, one and a half mesh sacks filled, 1 times bait, 1 times ex. mushrooms on conifer logs, 1 times under stone
Elevations: collected from 2 - 3040 meters, 929 meters average
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Specimens for this species
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examples)
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