Pheidole caffra
Emery, 1895i:
33 (s.)
SOUTH AFRICA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Hamman’s Kraal, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon). Primary type depository: MSNG.
- Santschi, 1939b: 239 (w.)
- Status as species: Mayr, 1896: 241 (in key); Santschi, 1910c: 361; Arnold, 1920a: 478; Emery, 1921c: 88; Wheeler, 1922: 130, 808; Santschi, 1939b: 238; Bolton, 1995b: 318.
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- P. c. abyssinica Forel, 1910
- P. c. amoena Forel, 1911
- P. c. bayeri Forel, 1916
- P. c. montivaga Santschi, 1939
Citations
- Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt. Entomologisk Tidskrift 17:225-252. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1939b. Fourmis de Rhodesia et du Congo. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 79:237-246. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 4 valid subspecies
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