Formicoxenus quebecensis

This ant is a guest in the nests of. See Doering & Prebus (2023) for extensive details on its biology.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: Canada, United States.

Nomenclature

 * . Formicoxenus quebecensis Francoeur, in Francoeur, Loiselle & Buschinger, 1985: 378, figs. (q.m.) CANADA (Québec).
 * Type-material: holotype worker (?), paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated).
 * [Note: Francoeur, Loiselle & Buschinger, 1985: 378, do not specify the sex/caste of the holotype, which is assumed here to be a worker.]
 * Type-locality: holotype Canada: Québec, Saguenay, Moisie Bay (no collector’s name); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: AFPC (holotype); ABPC, AFPC, BMNH, CIQC, MCZC, USNM (paratypes).
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989a: 323 (l.).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 207.
 * Distribution: Canada.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Buschinger A., R. D. Schumann, and J. Heinze. 1994. First records of the guest and Formicoxenus quebecensis Francoeur from Western Canada (Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Psyche 101: 53-57.
 * Buschinger, A. and A. Schulz. 2008. Leptothorax athabasca sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Canada and ant with an apparently restricted range. Myrmecological News 11:243-248
 * Buschinger, A., R. D. Schumann, and J. Heinze. 1994. First records of the guest ant Formicoxenus quebecensis Francoeur from western Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 101:53-57
 * Glasier J. R. N., S. E. Nielsen, J. Acorn, and J. Pinzon. 2019. Boreal sand hills are areas of high diversity for Boreal ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 11, 22; doi:10.3390/d11020022.
 * Glasier J. R. N., S. Nielsen, J. H. Acorn, L. H. Borysenko, and T. Radtke. 2016. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Saskatchewan. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 130(1): 40-48.
 * Glasier, J. Alberta Ants. AntWeb.
 * Heinze, J. 1995. The Origin of Workerless Parasites in Leptothorax (S. Str.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 102 (3-4) :195-214