Pheidole vallicola

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

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Pheidole vallicola Wheeler, 1915 valid

Pheidole crassicornis subsp. vallicola Wheeler, 1915b: 409 (s.w.) U.S.A. (Arizona). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 162). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Arizona, Huachuca Mts, Miller Cañon (5000 ft), xi.1910 (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: LACM, MCZC. Type notes: Original description cites 7 syntype major workers, 11 syntype minor workers.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 162.
Subspecies of Pheidole crassicornis: Emery, 1922c: 100; Cole, 1937a: 100; Smith, 1951c: 801.
Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 191; Smith, 1958c: 124; Gregg, 1959: 10 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 201; Wilson, 2003a: 162 (redescription).

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Pheidole crassicornis vallicola

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. 1937a. An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hymen.: Formicidae). [part]. Entomological News 48:97-101. 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
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
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. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. 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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