Pheidole pilifera coloradensis

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Pheidole pilifera coloradensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole pilifera)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole pilifera coloradensis
Emery, 1895

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole pilifera.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • coloradensis. Pheidole pilifera var. coloradensis Emery, 1895c: 290 (s.w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 435 (q.m.). Subspecies of pilifera: Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 435; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 244. Material of the unavailable name neomexicana referred here by Creighton, 1950a: 187. Junior synonym of pilifera: Wilson, 2003: 589.

References

  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 187, Material of the unavailable name neomexicana referred here.)
  • Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 290, soldier, worker described)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, E. W. 1944. The ants of North Dakota. N. D. Hist. Q. 11: 231-271 (page 244, Subspecies of pilifera)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 435, queen, male described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 435, Subspecies of pilifera)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 589, Junior synonym of pilifera)