Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1369 



Biology: Creighton, 1964. Psyche 71: 169. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep 

 Canyon, pp. 84-86. 



cockerelli Wheeler. Okla., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. 



Pheidole cockerelli Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24: 464. 5 , %. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 415-417. 

 crassicomis crassicomis Emery. N. C, Tenn., Ga. w. to Tex. 



Pheidole crassicortiis Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:289, 296. If. 



Pheidole crassicomis var. diversipilosa Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:467. 



9, ■y, 9. 



Taxonomy: Forel, 1901. Sec. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:350 (male). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:302. —Smith, 1918. Ent. News 29:22. 

 crassicomis tetra Wheeler. Tex. w. to Ariz. 



Pheidole crassicortiis porcula var. tetra Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:467. 



creightoni Gregg. Oreg., Nev., n. Calif. 



Pheidole creightoni Gregg, 1955. Psyche 62:19-28. 5, 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 65:131 (distribution). 

 davisi Wheeler. N. J. s. to N. C, n. Ala. 



Pheidole davisi Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21:380. 5, %. 



Biology: Davis and Bequaert, 1922. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., Bui. 17:8-9. — Bequaert, 1928. N. Y. 

 (Cornell) Agr. Expt. Sta., Mem. 101:996. 

 dentata Mayr. Va. to Fla., w. to 111., Kans, Tex. Ecology: Nests of small to large colonies are in 

 exposed soil with a mound of excavated earth above it, under the cover of objects, or in 

 rotting wood. Occasionally a house-infesting ant. 

 Pheidole Morrisi var. dentata Mayr, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 36:457. ^,'H, 6. 

 Pheidole commutata Mayr, 1886. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 36:459. 5, T|. 

 Pheidole dentata war. faisonsica Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:352. $, V. 

 Leptothorax tennesseensis Cole, 1938. Amer. Midland Nat. 19:238. $. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:460-461. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55:71 (larva). 



Biology: Mitchell and Pierce, 1912. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14:71. —Smith, 1924. Ent. News 

 35:77. —Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:281, 304. —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 24:29, 44. —Van Pelt, 1950. Ent. News 61:161-163 (parasitism by an Orasema chalcid). 

 —Smith, 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1326:27-28. —Wilson, 1975. Science 190: 798-800 

 (enemy specification in the alarm-recruitment system). 

 dentigula Smith. N. C, Tenn. s. to Fla., w. to La. Ecology: Nests in soil or in well-rotted 

 stumps. 

 Pheidole dentigula Smith, 1927. Ent. News 38:310. 9, 'U. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1928. Ent. News 39:245-246 (female). —Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 

 24:42, 45. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 62:12 (larva). 



Biology: Smith, 1944. Fla Ent. 27:14. 

 desertorum Wheeler. W. Okla., w. Tex., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Nev. Ecology: Nests have been 

 found beneath stones and as small crater mounds in sand. 

 Pheidole desertorum Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22:337. 5, ^, 9, d. 

 Pheidole deserUrrum var. comanche Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22:339. 5 , 



•2f, 9. 

 Pheidole desertorum var. mnricopa Wheeler, 1906. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 22:339. 5, 

 -H. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 28:362. 



Biology: Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:397. —Cole, 1937. Ent. News 48:100. —Gregg, 

 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 417-419. 



