Pheidole psammophila

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Pheidole psammophila Creighton & Gregg, 1955 valid

Pheidole psammophila Creighton & Gregg, 1955: 15, figs. 4, 5 (s.w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Imperial County, 5 mi. E Greys Well (W.S. Creighton). Primary type depository: FMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 15 paratype major workers, 32 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: FMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM.

Status as species: Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 12 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1372; Snelling & George, 1979: 107; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 42 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 328; Wilson, 2003a: 593 (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.
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
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. 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
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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