Animals Named for Richard Archbold - Formica archboldi, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, 10 November 2006, Fred E. Lohrer.

Archbold Biological Station founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold

Animals named for Richard Archbold: Formica archboldi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Formica archboldi Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). A Florida ant. Drawing by Mark A. Deyrup. -- Smith, M.R. 1944. Additional ants recorded from Florida with a descriptions of two new species. Fla. Entomol. 27:14-17. < http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN00154040/0027_001/98p0094n.pdf> -- The type specimen of F. pallidefulva archboldi was collected at Archbold Biological Station on 7 October 1943 by T.C. Schneirla from the American Museum of Natural History. "This subspecies is named in honor of Richard Archbold, the owner of the Archbold Biological Station, who not only encouraged Dr. Schneirla in a study of the ants of the station but who showed a special interest in the habits of this particular ant." Creighton (1950, The ants of North America, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 104) elevated this subspecies to a full species. See also; specimen photos.