Lodgepole Pine ant fauna; Houston, British Columbia

This list is based on: Higgins, R. J. and B. S. Lindgren. 2015. Seral changes in ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in the sub-boreal forests of British Columbia. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 8:337-347. doi:10.1111/icad.12112

The study sites were within "sub-boreal spruce biogeoclimatic zone and moist-cold subzone, variant 2 (SBSmc2) (Meidinger & Pojar, 1991). These stands were lodgepole pine-leading (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm). Common shrubs in these stands are black huckleberry (Vaccinium membrananceum Douglas ex. Torr.), Sitka alder [Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Chiax) D.C.], and black twinberry (Lonicera involucrata Richardson Banks ex. Spreng.); common herbs include kinnikinnick [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.] and five leaf bramble (Rubus pedatus Banks & Sol. ex. Lowe); and common mosses include red stemmed feathermoss [Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.] and Cladina lichens (Cladina spp. P. Browne) (DeLong et al., 1993).

All sampled plots were within a 100-km radius of Houston, BC )


 * ''Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus)
 * ''Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch)
 * ''Formica accreta Francoeur
 * ''Formica argentea Wheeler
 * ''Formica aserva Emery
 * ''Formica dakotensis Emery
 * ''Formica fusca Linnaeus
 * ''Formica hewitti Wheeler
 * ''Formica neorufibarbis Emery
 * ''Formica obscuriventris Mayr
 * ''Lasius alienus (Foerster)
 * ''Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher)
 * ''Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander)
 * ''Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler
 * ''Myrmica incompleta Provancher
 * ''Myrmica fracticornis Forel
 * ''Polyergus breviceps Emery