Formica altipetens Wheeler

Formica cinerea var. altipetens Wheeler, 1913b:523?524; o _ _(in part). Wheeler, 1917c:550 (in part).
Formica altipetens: Creighton, 1950:529, 531 (in part).
Francoeur, 1973:52?60, 273, 280, 288, 293, 300, 306; fig. 39?55; o _ _. Allred, 1982:462.

RANGE: Montana and Idaho, south to New Mexico, northern Arizona and eastern California.

DESERT RECORDS. Map 18. Inyo Co.: Deep Springs, 25 May 1974 (M. S. & J. S. Wasbauer; CDFA).

DISCUSSION. There are few records for F. altipetens (sensu Francoeur) in California, but it appears that the Deep Springs record represents an intrusion from Great Basin Sagebrush Desert.

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