Formica reflexa

Formica reflexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. reflexa
Binomial name
Formica reflexa Buren, 1942 Specimen Label

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Nearctic species in the Formica rufa group
• Key to New England Formica

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 47.4272° to 43.386352°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: Canada, 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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Paratype of Formica reflexa. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103511. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA.

Paratype of Formica reflexa. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0103512. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Paratype of Formica reflexa. Worker. Specimen code casent0103510. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• reflexa. Formica reflexa Buren, 1942: 399 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.
  • Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 495; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1461; Bolton, 1995b: 202; Ellison, et al. 2012: 171.

Description

Karyotype

• n = 26 (Crozier, 1975).

References

• Borowiec, M.L., Cover, S.P., Rabeling, C. 2021. The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2026029118 (doi:10.1073/pnas.2026029118).
• Buren, W. F. 1942. New ants from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 16: 399-408. (page 399, worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• King R. L. and R. M. Sallee. 1964. Notes on Iowa ants. Iowa Academy of Science. 71: 484-485
• Ouellette G. D., F. A. Drummond, B. Choate and E. Groden. 2010. Ant diversity and distribution in Acadia National Park, Maine. Environmental Entomology 39: 1447-1556