Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica subsericea Say, 1836 PDF: 289 (q.m.) U.S.A. (Indiana). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype queen, 2 syntype males. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Indiana (
T. Say). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist (
Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 172)).
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Formica fusca:
Emery, 1893k PDF: 659;
Forel, 1899b PDF: 128;
Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 47;
Wheeler, 1903 PDF: 72;
Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 306;
Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 401;
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 19;
Wheeler, 1908i PDF: 625;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 570;
Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 116;
Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 398 (in key);
Wheeler, 1916r: 598;
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 545;
Wheeler, 1917c PDF: 27;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 464;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 248;
Essig, 1926 PDF: 867;
Menozzi, 1932b PDF: 312;
Cole, 1936a PDF: 37;
Cole, 1937b PDF: 137;
Dennis, 1938 PDF: 299;
Wing, 1939 PDF: 165;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 102;
Cole, 1942 PDF: 382;
Buren, 1944a PDF: 300;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 262;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 865.
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 53;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 421;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 5;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 213;
Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 172 (redescription);
Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 261;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 208;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b PDF: 15 (in key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b PDF: 396;
Francoeur & Snelling, 1979 PDF: 4;
Smith, 1979: 1455;
Allred, 1982: 477;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 92;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 148;
Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 99;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 307;
Bolton, 1995b: 204;
Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 45;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 144;
MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 66;
Ellison et al., 2012: 175;
Deyrup, 2017: 205.
// 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: 33 times found in deciduous forest, 24 times found in oak/hickory forest, Black Belt Prairie, 8 times found in upland hardwood forest, 8 times found in on young pine trees, 6 times found in along transect in grassy area by highway edge, 0 times found in in cultivated cotton, 1 times found in vacant lot, 4 times found in rocky bald habitat on mountain, 0 times found in at rest area on I-81, 3 times found in in field, colonies in soil, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times under stone, 1 times foragers, 2 times ex sifted litter, 2 times grass, 1 times nest in soil, 2 times litter, 1 times hardwood trees, 1 times soil and leaf litter, 1 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times sifted leaf litter, 1 times on tree trunk, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 27 times pitfall trap, 57 times general collecting, 1 times blacklight trap, 8 times search, 8 times direct collection, 6 times Lindgren funnel, 6 times cookie bait, 3 times Winkler, 4 times beating trees and shrubs, 1 times sweeping, 1 times malaise trap, ...
Elevations: collected from 5 - 1600 meters, 693 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1914-10-07 00:00:00.0 and 2021-07-03 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia