Species: Myrmica fracticornis

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Myrmica lobicornis var. fracticornis Forel, 1901j PDF: 371 (in text) (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, Buffalo (sent by Wasmann) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a PDF: 100). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MSNG. Type notes: Other original syntype locality: U.S.A.: Connecticut (Pergande). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[First available use of Myrmica rubra scabrinodis fracticornis Emery, 1895; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]

Weber, 1948a PDF: 280 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953a PDF: 117 (l.)

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 7; Wheeler, 1908i PDF: 621; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 566; Emery, 1921c PDF: 40; Cole, 1937b PDF: 135; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 288.

Subspecies of Myrmica scabrinodis: Wheeler, 1916r: 587; Menozzi, 1932b PDF: 310.

Subspecies of Myrmica lobicornis: Wing, 1939 PDF: 162; Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 94; Cole, 1942 PDF: 368; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 241; Weber, 1947b PDF: 441; Weber, 1948a PDF: 276 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 100; Smith, 1951c PDF: 790; Cole, 1953f PDF: 242; Smith, 1958c PDF: 113; Beck et al., 1967: 71; Smith, 1967a PDF: 349; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1349; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 140; MacKay et al., 1988 PDF: 93 (in key).

Status as species: Talbot, 1976b PDF: 245; Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 206; Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 182; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b PDF: 389; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 23; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 303; Bolton, 1995b: 279; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 159; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 35; Ellison et al., 2012: 284.

// 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 mixed broadleaf/Douglas fir forest, 8 times found in conifer forest, 9 times found in aspen forest, 3 times found in ponderosa pine woodland, 7 times found in Mixed montane forest, 3 times found in alpine/conifer forest, 2 times found in pine/aspen woodland, 3 times found in shrub steppe, 4 times found in pine forest, 3 times found in douglas fir forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 44 times under stone, 5 times nest under stone on roadside, open forest, 35 times under rock, 4 times foragers, 4 times under dead wood, 3 times nest under stone, 1 times nuptial flight, emerging from ground, 1 times nest under cow dung, 1 times ex sifted litter, dead wood, 2 times ex sifted leaf litter, 1 times ex juniper litter, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 58 times search, 5 times hand collecting, 4 times Davis sifter, 1 times hand collected, 1 times Pitfall, 1 times sweep sample.

Elevations: collected from 72 - 3350 meters, 2347 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1913-09-03 00:00:00.0 and 2021-10-03 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Myrmica rubra scabrinodis fracticornis: casent0904076

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Species: Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

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