Formica creightoni

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Formica creightoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. creightoni
Binomial name
Formica creightoni
Buren, 1968

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Specimen Label

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.6° to 40.940461°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
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Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Formica creightoni casent0103450 head 1.jpgFormica creightoni casent0103450 profile 1.jpgFormica creightoni casent0103450 dorsal 1.jpgFormica creightoni casent0103450 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Formica creightoniWorker. Specimen code casent0103450. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by LACM, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Formica creightoni casent0103449 head 1.jpgFormica creightoni casent0103449 profile 1.jpgFormica creightoni casent0103449 dorsal 1.jpgFormica creightoni casent0103449 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Formica creightoniWorker. Specimen code casent0103449. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by LACM, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • creightoni. Formica (Raptiformica) creightoni Buren, 1968a: 35, fig. 3 (w.) U.S.A.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Del Toro, I. 2010. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. MUSEUM RECORDS COLLATED BY ISRAEL DEL TORO
  • Talbot M. 1976. A list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Edwin S. George Reserve, Livingston County, Michigan. Great Lakes Entomologist 8: 245-246.
  • Wheeler G. C., J. N. Wheeler, and P. B. Kannowski. 1994. Checklist of the ants of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 26(4): 297-310
  • Wheeler, G.C., J. Wheeler and P.B. Kannowski. 1994. CHECKLIST OF THE ANTS OF MICHIGAN (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE). Great Lakes Entomologist 26:1:297-310