Pheidole constipata

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Pheidole constipata Wheeler, 1908 valid

Pheidole constipata Wheeler, 1908h: 468 (s.w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 402). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Texas, Austin (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC. Type notes: 1) Original description cites “numerous” major and minor workers, queens, and males, “from several colonies”. 2) Other original syntype locality: Texas, New Braunfels (W.M. Wheeler).

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 402.
Subspecies of Pheidole floridana: Gregg, 1959: 13 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 354; Smith, 1979: 1370.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 564; Emery, 1922c: 107; Creighton, 1950a: 175; Smith, 1951c: 801; Bolton, 1995b: 319; Wilson, 2003a: 402 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. 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.

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