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Species: Formica (fusca-group) subpolita

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Formica

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Formica fusca var. subpolita Mayr, 1886d PDF: 426 (w.q.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 534 (m.).

Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d PDF: 251.

Subspecies of Formica gagates: Dalla Torre, 1893: 199; of Formica fusca: Emery, 1893k PDF: 661.

Raised to species: Wheeler, 1908k PDF: 625; Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 532.

Senior synonym of Formica flammiventris: Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 532; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 541; of Formica camponoticeps, Formica ficticia: Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 107.

Distribution:

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 9 times found in shrub steppe, 1 times found in exposed coastal prairie, 3 times found in mixed conifer/broadleaf riparian zone, 4 times found in open sagebrush, sparse pines, 5 times found in chaparral, 1 times found in in dry clay covered by coastal scrub on coastal bluffs, 1 times found in Coastal scrub and grassland above beach along stream, 1 times found in pine-fir forest, 1 times found in douglas fir forest, 2 times found in pinyon juniper woodland, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 30 times Search, 4 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS)

Elevations: collected from 10 - 2750 meters, 687 meters average