Formica oregonensis

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Formica oregonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. oregonensis
Binomial name
Formica oregonensis
Cole, 1938

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 47.65639° to 40.925873°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

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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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Formica oregonensis casent0105755 head 1.jpgFormica oregonensis casent0105755 dorsal 1.jpgFormica oregonensis casent0105755 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Formica oregonensisWorker. Specimen code casent0105755. 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.

  • oregonensis. Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938c: 368 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in F. (Raptiformica): Creighton, 1950a: 465. Junior synonym of manni: Wilson & Brown, 1955: 127. Revived from synonymy: Cole, 1956d: 212.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 200, catalogue)
  • Cole, A. C., Jr. 1938c. Descriptions of new ants from the western United States. Am. Midl. Nat. 20: 368-373. (page 368, worker described)
  • Cole, A. C., Jr. 1956d. In defense of the integrity of an ant. J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 31: 212-214 (page 212, Revived from synonymy)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 465, Combination in F. (Raptiformica))
  • Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955. Revisionary notes on the sanguinea and neogagates groups of the ant genus Formica. Psyche (Camb.) 62: 108-129 (page 127, Junior synonym of manni)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cole A. C., Jr. 1938. Descriptions of new ants from the western United States. American Midland Naturalist 20: 368-373.
  • Longino, J.T. 2010. Personal Communication. Longino Collection Database