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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Typhlopone pallipes Haldeman, 1844 PDF: 54 (w.) U.S.A. Nearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype (?) workers. Type-locality: U.S.A.: (no further data; the only information supplied is “found in old stumps in June”). Type-depository: unknown (no type-material known to exist). Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2)
Creighton, 1940b PDF: 4, comments that he examined two ‘autotypes’ that had been sent by Haldeman to Harris, which were deposited in the Boston Society of Natural History (now MSBM). While not syntypes, these were probably specimens collected and identified by Haldeman himself.
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Status as species:
Roger, 1863b PDF: 20;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 457;
Mayr, 1886d PDF: 439;
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 259;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 14;
Emery, 1895d PDF: 261;
Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 56;
Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 299;
Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 374;
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 1;
Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 399;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 561;
Emery, 1911e PDF: 24;
Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 112;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 460;
Smith, 1928b PDF: 243;
Smith, 1930a PDF: 2;
Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 2;
Dennis, 1938 PDF: 275;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 90;
Creighton, 1940b PDF: 3 (redescription);
Brown, 1949e PDF: 84;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 33;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 783;
Cole, 1953d: 84;
Smith, 1958c PDF: 110;
Whelden, 1958b PDF: 1;
Brown, 1960a: 169, 183, 192 (in key);
Carter, 1962a PDF: 6 (in list);
Francoeur & Béique, 1966a PDF: 141;
Smith, 1967a PDF: 346;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 20;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 206;
Francoeur, 1979a PDF: 34 (redescription);
Smith, 1979: 1335;
Traniello, 1982 PDF: 65;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 17;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 135;
Ward, 1988 PDF: 105;
Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 92;
Lattke, 1991d PDF: 6 (in key);
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 302;
Bolton, 1995b: 62;
Lacau & Delabie, 2002 PDF: 40 (in key);
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 31;
Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 23;
MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 67;
Ward, 2005 PDF: 25;
Ellison et al., 2012: 89;
Deyrup, 2017: 13.
Senior synonym of
Stigmatomma binodosus:
Emery, 1895d PDF: 261;
Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 400;
Emery, 1911e PDF: 24;
Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 159;
Creighton, 1940b PDF: 3;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 33;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 783;
Brown, 1960a: 169;
Francoeur & Béique, 1966a PDF: 141;
Smith, 1979: 1335;
Bolton, 1995b: 62.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Canada,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic
Distribution Notes:
NEARCTIC: US (AZ, MA), Canada
Biology:
Mesic woodlands in soil and leaf litter.
Identification:
Worker: inner border of mandible and anterior clypeal margin broadly convex in outline; California specimens smaller in size than those of A. oregonensis (HW 0.99-1.15), with narrower heads (CI 0.86-0.90).
Notes:
The differences in worker size (HW) and head shape (CI) between Amblyopone oregonensis and California A. pallipes break down when considering A. pallipes workers from eastern United States.
References:
Brown (1960); Creighton (1940b); Haskins (1928); Traniello (1978, 1982); Lachaud et al. (1988); Ward (1988); Wheeler (1900); Whelden (1958b).
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 48 times found in deciduous forest, 2 times found in cedar/hardwood forest, 11 times found in on swimming pool surface, 4 times found in mixed forest, 10 times found in oak woodland, 11 times found in leaf litter, 11 times found in ex. soil, 0 times found in hemlock/hardwood forest, litter by boulder, 5 times found in deciduous forest, soil and leaf litter, 5 times found in open hardwood forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 28 times litter, 12 times under stone, 13 times leaf litter, 7 times ex sifted litter, 6 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 5 times soil and leaf litter, 2 times ex sifted leaf litter, 1 times ex rock, 1 times log and stump litter, 3 times litter and soil, 2 times ex rotten log, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 67 times Berlese funnel, 41 times malaise trap, 18 times Winkler, 6 times pitfall trap, 10 times Search, 5 times Berlese, 3 times direct collection, 3 times pitfall, 1 times Berlese|302 lbs., 324 L, 3 times general collecting, 1 times at light, ...
Elevations: collected from 5 - 2370 meters, 764 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1901-08-01 00:00:00.0 and 2022-08-18 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Stigmatomma pallipes wheeleri: casent0915104; type of Typhlopone pallipes: casent0104569
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