Formica nevadensis

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

Biology
Nevada, Wheeler and Wheeler (1986) - We have 7 records from 5 localities; 6,800-10,400 ft. All were from the Coniferous Forest Biome. We have description of one nest: a crescent of thatch beside a stone. The workers were foraging on a young bristlecone pine.

This species is likely to be a temporary parasite of another species of Formica, but its host is.

Nomenclature

 *  nevadensis. Formica microgyna var. nevadensis Wheeler, W.M. 1904f: 373 (q.) U.S.A. Cole, 1956f: 256 (w.). Raised to species: Wheeler, W.M. 1905c: 272; Cole, 1956f: 257.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Cole A. C., Jr. 1956. Studies of Nevada ants. III. The status of Formica nevadensis Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31: 256-257.
 * La Rivers I. 1968. A first listing of the ants of Nevada. Biological Society of Nevada, Occasional Papers 17: 1-12.
 * Wheeler G. C., and J. Wheeler. 1986. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1904. A new type of social parasitism among ants. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 20: 347-375.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1905. New species of Formica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 267-274.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1913. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1917. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52: 457-569.
 * Wheeler, G.C. and J. Wheeler. 1978. Mountain ants of Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 35(4):379-396