1372 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Lindquist, 1942. Jour. Econ. Ent. 35:850-852. 

 morrisi morrisi Forel. N. Y. to Fla., w. to 111., La., Tex. 



Pheidole Morrisii Forel, 1886. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Bui. 30:46. 5 , 1^. 



Pheidole morrisi var. Vanceae Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:351. 9, %, 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:461. —Smith, 1924. Ent. News 

 35:53. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1960. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 53:12 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:302. —Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., Bui. 21:380. —Davis and Bequaert, 1922. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 17:8-9. 

 nuculiceps Wheeler. Tex. (Canal River, New Braunfels). 



Pheidole nuculiceps Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:473. 5 , 'H. 

 pilifera artemisia Cole. Utah, Ariz. 



Pheidole pilifera artemisia Cole, 1933. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 26:616. 5 , %. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1938. Amer. Midland Nat. 20:372 (female). —Cole, 1952. Tenn. Acad. Sci., 

 Jour. 27:280. —Gregg, 1955. Psyche 62:22-23. 



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

 pilifera coloradensis Emery. N. Dak., Colo., N. Mex., Nev. Ecology: A harvester of seeds of 

 various grasses; nests are usually under stones. Parasite: Pheidole iriquilirM (Wheeler). 

 Pheidole pilifera var. coloradensis Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:288, 291. 5 , 



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Pheidole pilifera coloradensis var. neomexicatia Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Bui. 24:436. %. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1952. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 27:279. —Gregg, 1955. Psyche 62:22-23. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1903. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 19:666. —Wheeler, 1904. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Bui. 20:16-17. —Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 279, 498. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1963. Ants of N. Dak., pp. 128-130. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 419, 421-422. —Cole, 

 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7(3): 15. 

 pilifera pacifica Wheeler. Nev., Calif. 



Pheidole xerophila pacifica Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:404. 5, "U, 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1952. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 27:279. —Gregg, 1955. Psyche 62:22-23. 

 pilifera pilifera (Roger). N. Y., Mass. s. to Fla., w. to N. Dak., Nebr., Kans. Ecology: A 



harvester of seeds; most nests have been found in exposed soil and have craterlike 

 excavations. Parasite: Pheidole inquilina (Wheeler). 

 Leptotharax pilifer Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7:180. 5. 

 Pheidole pennsylvanica Roger, 1863. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 7:199. 5. 

 Pheidole pilifera septentrionaiis Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:436. %. 

 Pheidole pilifera var. simulans Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:436. %. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1952. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 27:280. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1953. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 55:79 (larva). —Gregg, 1955. Psyche 62:22-23. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1905. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 21:379-380. —Wheeler, 1910. Ants, pp. 

 152, 278. —Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24:92. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 

 1963. Ants of N. Dak., pp. 130-131. 

 pinealis Wheeler. Tex.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests have been found under stones. 

 Pheidole pinealis Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:459. 5 , 'U. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:12-15 (also biological 

 notes). 

 porcula Wheeler. W. Tex., Colo. (?). 



Pheidole crassicomis porcula Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:466. $ , "U. 

 psammophila Creighton and Gregg. Ariz., s. Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Found in sandy areas at 

 low elevations. 

 Pheidole psammophila Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:15-19. 



Biology: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of Deep Canyon, p. 81. 



