Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1371 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 212, 248. —Smith, 1931. Ent. News 42:21-22. —Gregg, 1956. 

 Ent. News 67:37-39 (also distribution). 



macclendoni Wheeler. S. Tex. w. to Ariz. 



Pheidole macclendoni Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:450. 5 , %. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 65:130-131 (worker, soldier). —Gregg, 1958. N. 

 Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:46-47. 



marcidula Wheeler. Tex. (Barton Cr., Austin). 



Pheidole marcidula Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:457. 9, %. 

 megacephala (Fabricius). Fla.; W. Indies, Hawaii, and probably all tropical regions of the 



world. Introduced, probably native to Africa but spread by commerce throughout the 

 world. Bigheaded ant. 

 Formica megacephala Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System. 2:361. %. 

 Phidola megalocephala Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 155. Emend. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1936. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 20:843-844. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55:75 (larva). —Wilson and Taylor, 1967. Pacific Insects 

 Monog. 14:46-48. 



Biology: Illingsworth, 1916. Hawaii. Ent. Soc., Proc. 3:349-368. —Phillips, 1934. (Hawaii 

 Univ.) Expt. Sta. Pineapple Prod. Coop. Assoc. Bui. 15:5-12. — Broekhuysen, 1948. Union 

 So. Africa Dept. Agr. Bui. 266:1-40. —Brown, 1958. Acta Hym. 1:47. —Brown, 1959. Bui. 

 Ent. Res. 50:523. —Weber, 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 62:232. —Taylor and Wilson, 1961. 

 Psyche 68:143. — Kempf, 1962. Studia Ent. 5:18-19. — Haskins and Haskins, 1965. Ecology 

 46:737 (competition between P. megacephala and Iridcmiyrmex humilis (Mayr) in 

 Bermuda). — Fluker, Huddleston, and Beardsley, 1968. Jour. Econ. Ent. 61:474. — Fluker 

 and Beardsley, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. (53:1290-1296 (sympatric association with 

 Iridomyrmex humilis and Anoplolepis longipes in Hawaii). 

 metailescens metallescens Emery. Fla. w. to Tex. 



Pheidole metallescens Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:289, 294. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:47^477. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1960. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 62:12 Oarva). 



Biology: Smith, 1924. Ent. News 34:78 (as splendidula). 



metallescens splendidula Wheeler. Southwest. Tex. 



Pheidole metallescens splendidula Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:474. 5 , 

 ^, 9, 6. 

 micula Wheeler. Ariz., s. Calif. Ecology: Nest was found under a stone. 



Pheidole califomica micula Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:408. 5, 'U. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:33. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. 

 Soc., Jour. 7:244 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, p. 80. 

 militicida Wheeler. N. Mex., Ariz. 



Pheidole militicida Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:398. 5, V. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:9-12 (female, male; 

 biological notes). 



Biology: Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:395. —Cole, 1953. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 28:298. 

 — Creighton and Creighton, 1959. Psyche (56:1-12 (observations on habits in s. Ariz.). 

 moerens Wheeler. Fla., Ala (Mobile); Puerto Rico. Apparently introduced. 



Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:136-138. 5, V. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 7:244 Oarva). — Wojcik, Banks, 

 and Buren, 1975. Coop. Econ. Ins. Rpt. 25 (49-52): 906 (first report in Fla.). 



Biology: Smith, 1937. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 20:842-843. 



morrisi impexa Wheeler. Okla., Tex. 



Pheidole morrisi var. impexa Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:461. ^ ,'U, 9 , 

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