Formica calviceps

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Formica calviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species group: rufa
Species: F. calviceps
Binomial name
Formica calviceps
Cole, 1954

Formica calviceps casent0103235 profile 1.jpg

Formica calviceps casent0103235 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

Nests under stones, with the site surrounded by thatching.

Identification

The middle and hind tibiae of this species have a double row of erect hairs on the flexor surfaces. Erect hairs are present on the mesonotum near the metanotal suture. (Mackay and Mackay 2002)

Keys including this Species

Distribution

United States, New Mexico.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 40.12° to 19.14032°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

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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Habitat

Scrub oak, in dry, grassy areas.

Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Formica calviceps casent0103369 head 1.jpgFormica calviceps casent0103369 profile 1.jpgFormica calviceps casent0103369 dorsal 1.jpgFormica calviceps casent0103369 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Formica calvicepsWorker. Specimen code casent0103369. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA.
Formica calviceps casent0105747 head 1.jpgFormica calviceps casent0105747 profile 1.jpgFormica calviceps casent0105747 dorsal 1.jpgFormica calviceps casent0105747 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Formica calvicepsWorker. Specimen code casent0105747. 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.

  • calviceps. Formica calviceps Cole, 1954c: 164 (w.) U.S.A.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Allred D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. The Great Basin Naturalist 42: 415-511.
  • Allred, D.M. 1982. The ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
  • Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
  • Mackay W. P., and E. E. Mackay. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp.