Taxonomic History
provided by Antweb
Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909e PDF: 84 (w.) U.S.A. (Michigan). Nearctic.
AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
[
Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1908k PDF: 408.
Nomen nudum.].Subspecies of
Formica adamsi whymperi:
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 544;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 509;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 873;
Smith, 1958c PDF: 160;
Smith, 1979: 1463;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 307.[Note:
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 544,
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 509,
Smith, 1958c PDF: 160, and
Smith, 1979: 1463, all give
Formica adamsi whymperi as senior synonym, but
Formica adamsi has priority (
Bolton, 1995b: 191).].Status as species:
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 570;
Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 473 (redescription);
Emery, 1925d PDF: 256;
Bolton, 1995b: 191;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 331.
- bibliographic citation
- AntWeb. Version 8.45.1. California Academy of Science, online at https://www.antweb.org. Accessed 15 December 2022.
Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Found at high elevations, mostly above 9,000 feet where it nests in forests under stones or rotting logs and with some plant debris or thatch around these objects.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Mich. to Minn.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Has been found in drier tamarack swamps in nests covered with leaves.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Found at high elevations, mostly above 9,000 feet where it nests in forests under stones or rotting logs and with some plant debris or thatch around these objects.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Distribution
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Mich. to Minn.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Has been found in drier tamarack swamps in nests covered with leaves.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
