Pheidole barbata
Wheeler, 1908h:
448 (s.w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “a number”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, nr Needles, Mojave desert (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Emery, 1922c: 105; Cole, 1937a: 100; Creighton, 1950a: 170; Smith, 1951c: 800; Creighton & Gregg, 1955: 1; Smith, 1958c: 120; Gregg, 1959: 13 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1367; Snelling & George, 1979: 96; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 317; Wilson, 2003a: 560 (redescription); Ward, 2005: 66.
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. 1937a. An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hymen.: Formicidae). [part]. Entomological News 48:97-101. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Creighton, W. S.; Gregg, R. E. 1955. New and little-known species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. University of Colorado Studies. Series in Biology 3:1-46. 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
- Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. 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.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:399-485. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.