Pheidole variabilis r. ampla
Forel, 1893f:
462 (s.)
AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) major worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Wallaby I. (J.J. Walker). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
- Forel, 1901j: 377 (w.q.)
- Status as species: Forel, 1901j: 377; Forel, 1902j: 434; Forel, 1907j: 280; Emery, 1922c: 95; Wheeler, 1927i: 134; Wheeler, 1934d: 143; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 74; Taylor, 1987a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 317; Heterick, 2009: 169; Heterick, 2021: 14.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole variabilis latigena: Heterick, 2021: 14.
Junior synonyms
- Pheidole variabilis latigena Forel, 1907
Obsolete combinations
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- P. a. mackayensis Forel, 1902
- P. a. parviceps Forel, 1915
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
- Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37:454-466. PDF
- Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:334-382. PDF
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
- Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W.; Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) 1907. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. PDF
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
- Heterick, B. E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 86:245 pp. 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245 PDF
- Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
- Wheeler, W. M. 1927i. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62:121-153. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1934d. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX. The ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20:137-163. PDF
Extant: 2 valid subspecies
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