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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Hypoclinea taschenbergi Mayr, 1866a PDF: 498 (w.) NORTH AMERICA. Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated. Primary type locality: North America (no further data). Primary type depository: probably EMAU (according to
MacKay, 1993b PDF: 99, but not seen by him). Type notes: 1)
Wheeler, 1905g PDF: 310, records “Types from Louisiana”, but there is no evidence that this is correct. 2) Mayr says material is “im zoologischen Museum in Halle”; perhaps also in NHMW.
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Status as species:
Mayr, 1870b PDF: 958 (in key);
Mayr, 1886d PDF: 436 (in key);
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 258;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 161;
Emery, 1895d PDF: 330;
Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 304;
Wheeler, 1905g PDF: 309 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 10;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 568;
Emery, 1913a PDF: 11;
Dennis, 1938 PDF: 292;
Wing, 1939 PDF: 163;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 336;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 834;
Smith, 1958c PDF: 139;
Carter, 1962a PDF: 7 (in list);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1966 PDF: 728;
Smith, 1967a PDF: 364;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207;
Smith, 1979: 1416;
Francoeur & Elias, 1985 PDF: 303;
Johnson, 1989a PDF: 4 (redescription);
MacKay, 1993b PDF: 99 (redescription);
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 69;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 304;
Bolton, 1995b: 176;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 105;
MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 64;
Ellison et al., 2012: 102.
// 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:
Statewide but sporadic
Biology:
Fens, prairies, glades and wooded glade edges. Nests cryptic in soil among plant roots, occasionally with a domelike mound of plant fragments.
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in heath, 1 times found in mixedwood forest, junction of dirt road and powerline cut, 1 times found in mixedwood forest, powerline cut, 0 times found in mouse burrow entrance, 1 times found in next to Pinus palustris, 1 times found in Orchard, 1 times found in Pinus strobus forest, 1 times found in Prairie, 1 times found in Shore rocks.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times mound nest, 1 times Sphagnum moss, 1 times shrub layer, 1 times pine and oak, 1 times In grass clumps, 1 times in glenmora thached nest.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times Pitfall trap, 1 times search, 1 times at fish (salmon) bait.
Elevations: collected from 61 - 777 meters, 218 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1904-09-24 00:00:00.0 and 2014-08-12 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Dolichoderus taschenbergi: casent0902961; syntype of Dolichoderus taschenbergi wheeleriella: casent0909457; syntype of Hypoclinea taschenbergi: casent0915568
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