Superfamily FORMICOIDEA 1373 



rhea Wheeler. S. Ariz.; Mexico. Ecology: Prefers to nest on plateaus or in foothills at the base 

 of mountains, 3700 to 7000 ft. 

 Pheidole rhea Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:452. 9. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1943. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 45:5-9 (worker, soldier). —Gregg, 1949. 

 Psyche 56:70-73. 



Biology: Gregg, 1949. Psyche 56:70-73. 

 ridicula Wheeler. Tex. (Brownsville area). 



Pheidole ridicula Wheeler, 1916. New England Zooi. Club, Proc. 6:29. %. 



Biology: Creighton, 1966. Psyche 73:1. 



rugulosa Gregg. Tex., Ariz. 



Pheidole rugulosa Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:26-29. ^,'n,9,S. 



sciara Cole. Tex., N. Mex. 



Pheidole sciara Cole, 1955. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 30:47-49. 5 , %. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1956. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 31:116. 



sciophila Wheeler. Tex. to s. Ariz.; Mexico. 



Pheidole sci(yphila Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:443. ^,%,9, 6. 

 Pheidole jrroserpina Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:437. 9, V. 

 Pheidole sciophila var. semilaevicephala Smith, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:385. %. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:19-22. 



Biology: Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:397. 

 senex Gregg. Tex., Colo., N. Mex. 



Pheidole senex Gregg, 1952. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1557:1-4. $, 'U. 

 Pheidole pilifera anfracta Cole, 1952. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 27:278. 5 , %. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1955. Psyche 62:22-23. 



Biology: Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 422-424. 

 sitarches campestris Wheeler. Miss., Mo. w. to Colo., central Tex. 



Pheidole sitarches rufescens var. campestris Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 



24:443. ?, 'U. 

 Pheidole sitarches rufescens Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:443. 9, "U, 9. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:37. 



Biology: Smith, 1924. Ent. News 35:53. —Gregg, 1963. Ants of Colo., pp. 424-425. 

 sitarches littoralis Cole. Fla. (Lido Beach, Sarasota). 



Pheidole sitarches littoralis Cole, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45:443-444. $ , "U. 



Taxonomy: Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 66:39. 

 sitarches sitarches Wheeler. Tex. (Brownsville area); Mexico. 



Pheidole sitarches Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:440. 5, "y, 9. 



Pheidole sitarches var. transvarians Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:442. 9, 



v. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45:444. —Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 



66:39. 

 Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, p. 279. —Wilson, 1957. Psyche 64:46-50 (nuptial flights). 

 sitarches soritis Wheeler. W. Tex., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz.; Mexico. 



Pheidole soritis Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:439. 5, 'H. 

 Pheidole tepicana cavigenis Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:403. %. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1952. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45:444. —Gregg, 1958. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 

 66:37. 

 spadonia Wheeler. S. Ariz.; Mexico. 



Pheidole spadonia Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:400. 9 , 'U. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:22-24 (also biological 

 notes). 



