Pheidole areniphila

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana.

Nomenclature

 * arenicola. Pheidole arenicola Forel, 1910f: 11 (s.w.q.m.) BOTSWANA. [Junior primary homonym of arenicola Emery, above.] Replacement name: areniphila Forel, 1910a: 30 (footnote).
 *  areniphila. Pheidole areniphila Forel, 1910a: 30 (footnote). Replacement name for arenicola Forel, 1910f: 11. [Junior primary homonym of arenicola Emery, 1894g: 390.] Current subspecies: nominal plus aurora.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1920. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 403-578.
 * Forel A. 1910. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32.
 * Forel A. 1910. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 1-30.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004