1368 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Pheidole (Allopheidole) vinelandica var. nebrascensis Forel, 1922. Rev. Suisse de Zool. 



30:92. $,T^, 9. 

 Pheidole vinelandica longula var. huachucana Smith, 1951. In Muesebeck, et al., U. S. 



Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2:805. N. name for castanea Wheeler. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 66:18, 36. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22:336-337. —Cole, 1937. Ent. News 

 48:100. —Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24:92. —Cole, 1953. Tenn. Acad. 

 Sci., Jour. 28:297. — Reid and Nugara, 1961. Jour. Parasitology 47:885-889 (as intermediate 

 hosts of a turkey tapew^orm). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963. Ants of N. Dak., pp. 127-128. 

 —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 410, 412-413. —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 

 1326:25-26. 

 califomica califomica Mayr. Calif. (San Francisco region southwards). Ecology: Nests are 

 found under objects, in oak galls, or in sandy soil. 

 Pheidole califomica Mayr, 1870. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 20:981, 984, 987. 5 , %. 

 Pheidole califomica var. incenata Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:407. 5, %. 

 Pheidole califomica var. satura Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:407. $ , V. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7:243 (larva). 



Biology: Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:395-397. — Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 Bui. 40:68-69. 

 califomica oregonica Emery. Idaho, Wash., Oreg., n. Calif. 



Pheidole oregonica Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:288, 291. 2, ^. 

 Pheidole califomica var. shoshoni Cole, 1933. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 26:618. 5, 'U. 

 Pheidole califomica var. hagermani Cole, 1936. Canad. Ent. 68:35. 5 , "U. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:19. 



Biology: Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40:69. —Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 28:362. 

 califomica pyramidensis Emery. Nev. (Pyramid Lake). 



Pheidole califomica nevadensis Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:408. 5? , %, 



9. Preocc. by Forel, 1901. 

 Pheidole califomica pyramidensis Emery, 1922. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 174:105. N. 

 name for nevadensis Wheeler. 

 casta Wheeler. Tex. (Canyon of the Rio Grande, Langtry). 



Pheidole casta Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:454. 5, If. 

 cerebrosior Wheeler. N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests more frequently in 



mountan canyons than on open desert and the species seems to prefer the evergreen 

 oak association. 

 Pheidole vinelandica cerebrosior Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:405. 5 , 'H. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:3-5. 

 ceres Wheeler. Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Host of the permanently parasitic ant P. 

 elecebra. Parasitized colonies have been found to contain only soldiers and workers of 

 ceres. Ceres nests under stones in rather dry, sunny localities at altitudes of 5,000 to 

 9,000 ft. and is a seed-storing form. Parasite: Pheidole elecebra (Wheeler). 

 Pheidole ceres Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:10. 5, If, 9, cJ. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:20, 35. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1919. Amer. Phil. Soc., Proc. 58:25. —Wheeler, 1923. Social Life Among the 

 Insects, p. 219. —Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 279, 497. —Cole, 1953. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 

 28:297. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 413-415. 

 clementensis Gregg. Calif. (San Clemente Is., Los Angeles Co.; Orange Co.; San Diego Co.). 



Pheidole clementensis Gregg, 1969. Ent. News 80: 93-97. 5, %. 

 clydei Gregg. N. Mex., Ariz., Nev., s. Calif. Ecology: Nests are found in and among rocks and 

 boulders. 

 Pheidole (Ceratopheidole) clydei Gregg, 1950. N. Y. Ent. See., Jour. 58: 89. 5. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1953. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1673: 1 (soldier, distribution). 



