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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
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Myrmicinae
›
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Pheidole fergusoni
Pheidole
fergusoni
Forel, 1902
valid
Pheidole fergusoni
Forel, 1902c
: 169 (in key), 188 (s.w.) INDIA (Kerala). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: India: Travancore (
Ferguson
), India: Trevandrum (
Ferguson
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
.
[Also described as new by
Forel, 1902g
: 540.]
Status as species:
Bingham, 1903
: 234;
Emery, 1921c
: 91;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 141;
Bolton, 1995b
: 321;
Tiwari, 1999
: 40;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 42;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 81.
Citations
Bharti, H.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Bharti, M.
;
Economo, E. P.
2016.
An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 551:1-83.
PDF
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dias, R. K. S.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Akbar, S. A.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Udayakantha, W. S.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
2020.
The ants (
Hymenoptera
,
Formicidae
) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.
ZooKeys 967:1-142.
10.3897/zookeys.967.54432
PDF
Emery, C.
1921c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates.
PDF
Forel, A.
1902c.
Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:165-249.
PDF
Forel, A.
1902g.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IX.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:520-546.
PDF
Tiwari, R. N.
1999.
Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96.
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ovalinoda
oxyops
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pampana
paraensis
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pariana
parva
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peckorum
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reclusi
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rectitrudis
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seligmanni
semidea
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sensipelada
sensitiva
sepulchralis
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sericella
servilia
setosa
setsukoae
severini
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sharpi
sicaria
sigillata
sikorae
similigena
similis
simoni
simonsi
simplex
simplispinosa
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singaporensis
singularis
sinica
sitiens
skwarrae
smythiesii
socrates
soesilae
sofia
soritis
sospes
spadonia
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sparsisculpta
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specularis
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spinicornis
spininodis
spinoda
spinosa
spinulosa
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steinheili
stigma
stomachosa
strator
striata
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strigosa
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styrax
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tapanti
tarchon
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tenerescens
tennantae
tenuicephala
tenuiclavata
tenuinodis
tenuis
tepicana
tepuicola
termitobia
termitophila
terraceensis
terresi
terribilis
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tetra
tetracantha
tetrica
tetroides
texana
tigris
tijucana
tikal
tillandsiarum
tinamu
tisiphone
titanis
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tobini
tolteca
torosa
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tragica
traini
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transversostriata
trapezoidea
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trichotos
tricolor
triconstricta
trinitatis
triplex
tristis
tristops
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tsontekonwei
tuculutan
tumida
turneri
tuxtlasana
typhlos
tysoni
ulothrix
ululevu
umbonata
umphreyi
uncagena
unicornis
upeneci
uranus
urbana
ursus
vadum
vafella
vafra
valens
vallicola
vallifica
vanderveldi
variabilis
variolosa
vatovavensis
vatu
veletis
velox
venatrix
verricula
vestita
veteratrix
victima
victoris
vieti
vigilans
violacea
virago
viriosa
viserion
vistana
voasara
vohemarensis
volontany
vomer
vony
vorax
voreios
vulcan
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walkeri
wallacei
wardi
watsoni
weiseri
wheelerorum
wiesei
williamsi
wilsoni
wolfringi
woodmasoni
wroughtonii
xanthocnemis
xanthogaster
xerophila
xiloa
xocensis
xyston
yaqui
yeensis
yucatana
zannia
zavamanira
zelata
zeteki
zhoushanensis
zirafy
zoceana
zoster