Pheidole quadrispinosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * armatus. Pheidolacanthinus armatus Smith, F. 1865: 75, pl. 4, fig. 8 (s.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of quadrispinosa: Donisthorpe, 1938a: 144.
 *  quadrispinosa. Myrmica quadrispinosa Smith, F. 1865: 72, pl. 4, fig. 6 (w.) INDONESIA (Salwatty I.). Donisthorpe, 1941b: 38 (q.m.). Combination in Pheidole: Mayr, 1878: 677; in P. (Pheidolacanthinus): Emery, 1921f: 82. Senior synonym of smithi (unnecessary replacement name): Dalla Tore, 1893: 95; of armatus: Donisthorpe, 1938a: 144.
 * smithi. Pheidole smithi Emery, 1887b: 464. [Unnecessary replacement name for quadrispinosa.] Junior synonym of quadrispinosa: Dalla Torre, 1893: 95.

Myrmica quadrispinosa

Holotype worker minor in. Labelled “S” (= Salwatty I.).

Pheidolacanthinus armatus

Holotype worker major in. Labelled “S.” (= Salwatty I.).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe H. 1947. Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) striatus sp. n. from New Guinea, with notes on the subgenus Pheidolacanthinus F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 83:172-174.
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1941. New Ants From Waigeu Island, New Guinea, And the Solomons. The Entomologist (74):36-43.
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1941. New Ants from Waigeu Island, New Guinea and the Solomons. The Entomologist. 74:36-43.
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1943. The Ants of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (10): 433-475.
 * Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25(5): 427-473.
 * Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine)." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 5, no. 25 (1887): 427-473.
 * Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.