Species: Lasius murphyi

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Lasius (Acanthomyops) murphii Forel, 1901j PDF: 367 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (North Carolina). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: North Carolina, Morgantown, 16.vii. (A. Forel). Primary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MHNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Justified emendation of spelling to Lasius murphyi: Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 398.]

Combination in Acanthomyops: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 431; Wing, 1968a PDF: 113.

Combination in Lasius: Ward, 2005 PDF: 13.

Status as species: Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 305; Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 398; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 569; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 116; Wheeler, 1916o PDF: 172; Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 530; Emery, 1925d PDF: 237; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 431; Buren, 1950 PDF: 188 (in key); Smith, 1951c PDF: 854; Carter, 1962a PDF: 8 (in list); Smith, 1967a PDF: 368; Wing, 1968a PDF: 113 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 22; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b PDF: 4 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 184; Smith, 1979: 1441; Allred, 1982: 452; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 68 (in key); Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 53; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 275; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 131; Ward, 2005 PDF: 64; Ellison et al., 2012: 195.

// Distribution

Distribution:

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

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68

Lasius murphyi ForelHNS 1901j

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in deciduous shrub, 1 times found in Deciduous woodland, 1 times found in Mixed canyon forest, 1 times found in mixed grass prairie, 1 times found in Moist Meadow, 1 times found in pine-juniper woodland, 1 times found in Cedar-oak-meadow, 1 times found in deciduous forest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 5 times under rock, 2 times under stone, 1 times under boulder, 1 times on sand, invading Lasius neoniger neoniger, 1 times on gravel road, 1 times Foret des terr..

Elevations: collected from 90 - 2195 meters, 1664 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1941-05-12 00:00:00.0 and 2010-10-15 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Lasius murphyi: casent0911058

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Species: Lasius murphyi Forel, 1901

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