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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

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

Distribution Notes:

North and central

Biology:

Oak woodland, suburban and rural parks, lawns; host - F. pallidefulva

Notes:

Considered a subspecies or straight synonym of lucidus, but host specificity, morphological differences and biogeography indicate species status.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 9 times found in oak/hickory forest, Black Belt Prairie, 5 times found in raiding Formica colony, 1 times found in Pinyon -cedar -oak woodland, 2 times found in pine flatwoods, 1 times found in white oak woodland, 1 times found in meadow, 1 times found in mixed flatwoods, 1 times found in open meadow, 1 times found in sandy field edge, 1 times found in sandy oak barrens.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times under rock, 2 times with F. pallidefulva, 2 times In lawn, 1 times with Formica pullidefulva, 1 times nest in grass, with F. incerta, 1 times litter.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 8 times pitfall trap, 3 times direct collection, 2 times nuptial flight, 1 times Berlese funnel, 1 times general collecting.

Elevations: collected from 1737 - 2438 meters, 2137 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1903-08-20 and 2017-08-19

Type specimens: cotype of Polyergus montivagus: casent0172893, casent0172894

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