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Species: Leptothorax canadensis   Provancher, 1887 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Leptothorax canadensis Provancher, 1887c: 245 (w.q.m.) CANADA (Ontario). Nearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, 1 syntype male. Type-locality: Canada: Ontario, Ottawa, Cap Rouge (L. Provancher). Type-depository: unknown, perhaps in LUQC. Type notes: LUQC is suggested by Creighton, 1950a PDF: 276. Before Creighton, Gahan & Rohwer, 1917a PDF: 433, had said of Leptothorax canadensis “Type-Not located”. Later, Francoeur & Béique, 1966a PDF: 142, apparently record 3 syntypes but fail to note the depository. The reference they give (Gahan & Rohwer, 1918a PDF: 103) does not mention Leptothorax, but they do say that specimens in the Collège de Lévis are not syntypes of Leptothorax canadensis. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Status as species: Emery, 1895d PDF: 318; Wheeler, W.M. in Viereck, 1903 PDF: 73; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 274; Cole, 1953e PDF: 27; Cole, 1954d PDF: 240; Schär et al., 2018 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF: 6.
Material of the unavailable name Leptothorax acervorum canadensis convivialis referred here by Creighton, 1950a PDF: 276; Smith, 1958c PDF: 134; Schär et al., 2018 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF: 6 (by implication).
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Canada, Mexico, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 18 times found in conifer forest, 4 times found in shrub steppe, 2 times found in 2nd growth conifer forest, 3 times found in sparse conifer woods, 4 times found in conifer woodland patch, 5 times found in aspen grove, 1 times found in conifer woods, 1 times found in ponderosa pine woodland, 2 times found in conifer/maple forest, 3 times found in subalpine scrub, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 14 times under stone, 9 times in dead wood, 16 times foragers, 3 times nest in dead wood, 9 times ex sifted leaf litter, 6 times on dead wood, 2 times in rotten stump, 7 times strays, 3 times under dead wood, 2 times nest in soil, 3 times ex sifted litter, dead wood, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 128 times search, 13 times Davis sifter, 9 times hand collecting, 3 times winkler, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times sweeping vegetation, 1 times Winkler sample, one and a half mesh sacks filled, 1 times bait, 1 times direct collection.

Elevations: collected from 2 - 3110 meters, 1515 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1890-08-01 00:00:00.0 and 2021-07-09 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Leptothorax canadensis yankee: casent0904770



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