Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica latipes Walsh, 1863 PDF: 311 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Michigan). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of
Wing, 1968a PDF: 98). Primary type locality: neotype U.S.A.: Michigan, Livingston County, Edwin S. George Reserve, 25.viii.1958, no. 238Ac-N (
M. Talbot). Primary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: 1) Original type data: 5 worker, 2 queen, 14 male syntypes, U.S.A. (no further data), no material known to exist (
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 431). 2)
Wing, 1968a PDF: 98, says MCZC also has 4 workers, 1 queen, 2 males from the same series as the neotype.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 417;
Mayr, 1866b PDF: 889 (redescription);
Mayr, 1886d PDF: 430;
Forel, 1886h PDF: 209;
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 257;
André, 1889 PDF: 220;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 187;
Emery, 1893k PDF: 642;
Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 47;
Wheeler & McClendon, 1903 PDF: 149;
Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 398;
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 14;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 569;
Wheeler, 1916o PDF: 172;
Wheeler, 1916r: 594;
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 530;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 464;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 237;
Menozzi, 1932b PDF: 311;
Cole, 1936a PDF: 37;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 257;
Buren, 1944a PDF: 298;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 431;
Buren, 1950 PDF: 188 (in key);
Smith, 1951c PDF: 853;
Cole, 1954g PDF: 284;
Cole, 1966b PDF: 20;
Smith, 1967a PDF: 368;
Wing, 1968a PDF: 98 (redescription);
Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 22;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b PDF: 4 (in key);
Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 184;
Smith, 1979: 1441;
Allred, 1982: 452;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 68;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 145;
MacKay et al., 1988 PDF: 104;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 305;
Bolton, 1995b: 53;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 273;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 131;
Ward, 2005 PDF: 64;
Ellison et al., 2012: 193.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Canada,
Mexico,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
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Lasius latipes |
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Forel, A., 1886, Études myrmécologiques en 1886., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 30, pp. 131-215: 79, (download) |
79 |
3923
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Lasius latipes |
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Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: -1, (download) |
-1 |
21008
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Lasius latipes |
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Mayr, G., 1866, Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16, pp. 885-908: 889, (download) |
889 |
4366
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Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in shortgrass prairie, 5 times found in Pinyon-cedar woodland, 1 times found in gambel oak, grass, 2 times found in grass/oak scrub, 2 times found in juniper woodland, 3 times found in oak woodland, 1 times found in juniper desert, 2 times found in sagebrush, 2 times found in desert riparian, 3 times found in Sagebrush & meadow, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 16 times under stone, 14 times under rock, 13 times under boulder, 1 times on trail, 3 times nest under stone, 2 times forager, 1 times under dead wood, 2 times nuptial flight, 1 times in soil, 2 times garden, 1 times under rock, souh facing slope, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 18 times search, 2 times Mercury Vapor Lamp, 0 times pitfall trap.
Elevations: collected from 152 - 2591 meters, 1726 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1919-09-10 00:00:00.0 and 2021-04-24 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia