Pheidole sitarches rufescens

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

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Pheidole sitarches rufescens Wheeler, 1908 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole soritis Wheeler, 1908

Pheidole sitarches subsp. rufescens Wheeler, 1908h: 443 (s.w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: Texas, Bull Creek (W.M. Wheeler), Texas, Walnut Creek (W.M. Wheeler), Texas, Mt Bonnel (W.M. Wheeler), Texas, Mt Barker, nr Austin (W.M. Wheeler), Texas, San Angelo (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Subspecies of Pheidole sitarches: Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Emery, 1922c: 106; Smith, 1951c: 804; Bolton, 1995b: 329.
Status as species: Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 192.
Senior synonym of Pheidole sitarches campestris: Creighton, 1950a: 189; Gregg, 1959: 30; Smith, 1979: 1373.
[Note: Creighton, Gregg, and Smith, D.R. give Pheidole sitarches campestris as senior synonym, but Pheidole sitarches rufescens has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 329).]
Junior synonym of Pheidole soritis: Cole, 1953e: 298; Smith, 1958c: 124; Wilson, 2003a: 598.

Infrasubspecies

P. s. r. campestris Wheeler, 1908

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1953e. Notes on the genus Leptothorax in New Mexico and a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 55:27-30. PDF
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
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. 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. 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
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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