Formica californica

Formica californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. californica
Binomial name
Formica californica (Creighton, 1950)

The identity and status of this taxon have not been ascertained. It is included in Formica by Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue as a taxon at species-rank, to dissociate it from its original combination in Myrmecocystus, and to separate it from its original rank as a subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger. The name californicus is not mentioned in Snelling's 1976 revision of Myrmecocystus.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• californica. Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. californicus Creighton, 1950a: 445 (w.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mimicus var. californicus Cole, 1936b: 118; unavailable name.] [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of californica Wheeler, W.M. (Bolton, 1995b: 192).] Combination in Formica: Snelling, R.R. 1969a: 2. [Identity and status of this taxon have not been ascertained.]

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 192, catalogue)
• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1936b. Descriptions of seven new western ants. (Hymenop.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 47: 118-121 (page 118, unavailable name)
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 445, worker described)
• Snelling, R. R. 1969b. Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 170: 1-9. (page 2, Combination in Formica)