Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855 PDF: 766 (w.) U.S.A. (New York). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: New York (
A. Fitch). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist (
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 369)). Type notes:
Fitch, 1855 PDF: 705, says that his insect specimens will be deposited in the “Entomological department of the Museum of the [N.Y. State Agricultural] Society”, the present whereabouts of which are apparently unknown.
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As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 47;
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 23;
Wheeler, 1908i PDF: 625;
Wheeler, 1910g PDF: 340;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 571;
Wheeler, 1916r: 601;
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 557;
Wheeler, 1917c PDF: 27;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 466;
Cole, 1936a PDF: 39;
Wing, 1939 PDF: 163;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 103;
Cole, 1942 PDF: 388;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 839.
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b PDF: 6;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 369;
Smith, 1958c PDF: 142;
Smith, 1967a PDF: 366;
Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 264;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207;
Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 184;
Smith, 1979: 1426;
Allred, 1982: 456;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 60 (in key);
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 146;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 305;
Bolton, 1995b: 114;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 298;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 167;
Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 84;
Ellison et al., 2012: 123;
Mackay, 2019: 277 (redescription).
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Canada,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in Cottonwood-willow forest, 4 times found in Tamarack bog, 3 times found in Forest margin, 3 times found in Mixed transition forest, 3 times found in Pasture, 3 times found in Aspen forest, 1 times found in rocky coastal barrens, 1 times found in Apple tree, 2 times found in Ponderosa pine forest, 2 times found in Aspen-oak forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 17 times log stage 4, 10 times log stage 3, 1 times ex rotten log, 3 times log stage 2, 1 times log stage 1, garden, 2 times foraging on forest floor, 2 times stump, log stage 2, 0 times pine log, 1 times log stage 2-3, 1 times log, 1 times in wood, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 5 times search, 2 times direct collection, 2 times Pitfall, 1 times 40W BL (moth) trap, 50 males in trap in am of 9 June 2017, 1 times blacklight trap.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 2743 meters, 1190 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1921-08-04 00:00:00.0 and 2017-06-09 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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