Pheidole obtusospinosa
Pergande, 1896
valid
Pheidole obtusospinosa
Pergande, 1896:
889 (s.)
MEXICO.
Neotropic.
- Replacement name for Pheidole subdentata . [Junior secondary homonym of Oecophthora subdentata .]
- [Note: Pheidole obtusospinosa junior synonym of Pheidole subdentata (synonymy by Wheeler, 1914c: 50); hence Pheidole obtusospinosa first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 326).]
- Junior synonym of Pheidole subdentata : Wheeler, 1914c: 50; Creighton, 1958: 211; Gregg, R.E. 1959: 31; Smith, 1967a: 355; Kempf, 1972b: 204; Smith, 1979: 1374; Brandão, 1991: 369.
- Status as species: Forel, 1899b: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 326; Ward, 2000a: 95 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 188; Wilson, 2003a: 587 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Pheidole hirtula: Vázquez-Franco & Morrone, 2022: 15
- Senior synonym of Pheidole vaslitii acolhua: Vázquez-Franco & Morrone, 2022: 15
Junior synonyms
- Pheidole arizonica Santschi, 1911
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Pheidole hirtula
Forel, 1899
Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole vaslitii hirtula
- Pheidole vaslitii acolhua Wheeler, 1914
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1958 ("1957"). A revisionary study of Pheidole vasliti Pergande (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 65:203-212. PDF
- Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
- Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2)5:858-896. 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. 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
- Vázquez-Franco, C. M.; Morrone, J. J. 2022. The genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Puebla, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-43. 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.3820 PDF
- Ward, P. S. 2000a. On the identity of Pheidole vaslitii Pergande (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a neglected ant from Baja California. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9:85-98. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 22:37-61. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.