Pheidole xerophila pacifica

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Pheidole xerophila pacifica Wheeler, 1915 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole pilifera (Roger, 1863)

Pheidole xerophila subsp. pacifica Wheeler, 1915b: 404 (s.w.q.m.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: California, Pasadena, xi.1910 (W.M. Wheeler), California, Lakeside, xi.1910 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.

Subspecies of Pheidole xerophila: Emery, 1922c: 106; Smith, 1951c: 806.
Subspecies of Pheidole pilifera: Creighton, 1950a: 187; Cole, 1952c: 279 (in key); Cole, 1956c: 113; Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 12 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1372; Bolton, 1995b: 327.
Status as species: Snelling, 1992b: 124 (in key).
Junior synonym of Pheidole pilifera: Wilson, 2003a: 589.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1952c. Notes on the Pheidole pilifera (Roger) complex and a description of a new subspecies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 27:278-280. PDF
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1956c. Observations of some members of the genus Pheidole in the southwestern United States with synonymy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31:112-118. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Gregg, R. E. 1959 ("1958"). Key to the species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 66:7-48. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1992b. A newly adventive ant of the genus Pheidole in southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 91:121-125. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.
Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF

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