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elecebra (Wheeler). Colo. Ecology: A permanent, workerless parasite in colonies of its host. 

 Host: Pheidole ceres Wheeler. 

 Si/Ill piteidole elecebra Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:8. 9,6. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, p. 497. —Wheeler, 1923. Social Life Among the Insects, p. 219. 

 —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 429-431. 

 flavens Roger. Fla.; W. Indies, Central Amer. Possibly an adventive. 

 Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7:198. $, 'U. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 66:45-46 (Fla. populations regarded as not 

 quite typical representatives of Pheidole flavens). 



floridana constipata Wheeler. Tex. (Austin and New Braunfels). 



Pheidole constipata Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:468. 9 , ^, 9 , c^ . 

 floridana floridana Emery. N. C. to Fla., w. to Tex. 



Pheidole flavens floridana Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:289, 293. >i , %, 9. 



Pheidole lauta Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:470. 9, 1|, 9, cJ. 



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



gilvescens Wheeler. Ariz., s. Nev., Calif. Ecology: Nests in soil in deserts, usually forms small 

 craters. 

 Pheidole xerophila tucsonica var. gilvescens Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 

 24:448. $ , "y. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:5-7, 40. 



Biology: Cole. 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:397. —Cole, 1956. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 31:113. 

 — Wlieeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, p. 76. 

 grundmanni Smith. Utah (Ashley Cr. near Vernal). 



Pheidole (Ceratopheidole) grutidmanni Smith, 1953. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 61:144-146. 5. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 426-427. 

 humeralis Wheeler. Tex. (Corsicana). 



Pheidole humeralis Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:456. 5, %. 

 hyatti hyatti Emery. Okla., Tex., Colo. w. to Nev., s. Calif.; Mexico. 



Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:289-290, 295. 9 , %. 

 Pheidole hyatti var. ecitonodora Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:463. 9, V, 

 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 55:74 (larva). — Wheeler and 

 Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc, Jour. 7:244 (larva). 



Biology: Essig, 1926. Ins. of West. N. Amer., p. 859. — Eckert and Mallis, 1937. Calif. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Cir. 342:26. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 419-420. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, pp. 79-80. 

 hyatti solitanea Wheeler. Calif, (coastal area in San Diego region). 



Pheidole hyatti solitatiea Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:409. ^,%, 9. 

 inquilina (Wheeler). Nebr., Colo., Nev. Ecology: An inquiline in nests of other ants. Host: 

 Pheidole pilifera pilifera (Roger), P. pilifera coloradensis Emery. 

 Epipheidole inquilina Wheeler, 1903. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 19:664. Gynandromorph. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:15-17 (female, male). —Smith, 1940. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 42:106-109 (worker). —Cole, 1965. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58:173-175 

 (worker, soldier; placement in Pheidole; biological notes). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 107, 113, 150, 156, 497-198. —Wheeler, 1923. Social Life 

 Among the Insects, pp. 215-219. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 427-429. —Cole, 1966. 

 Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7(3): 15. 

 lamia Wheeler. Ga., Miss., Tex. Ecology: Apparently hypogaeic, living under stones in small 

 colonies. The phragmotic head of the soldier is a striking feature of this species. 

 Pheidole lamia Wheeler, 1901. Amer. Nat. 35:534. 9, %. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:477-478 (soldier, female.). 



