1374 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



subdentata Pergande. Ariz.; Mexico. 



Pheidole subdentata Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:888. 9 . 

 Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:889. 'H. 

 Pheidole arizonica Santschi, 1909. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 41:3. %. 



Taxonomy: Creighton, 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 65:211. 

 tepicana Pergande. Tex., Ariz.; Mexico. A polymorphic species with the largest soldiers and 



smallest workers connected by intermediates, unlike the dimorphic worker castes of 



most Pheidole. 

 Pheidole tepicana Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:878. $ , 'U. 

 Pheidole rugifrons Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:880. %. 

 Pheidole carbonaria Pergande, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:881. 5 , %. 

 Pheidole Kingi Andre, 1898. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. p. 244. § , %. 

 Pheidole Tawnsendi Andre, 1898. Soc. Ent. de France, BuL, p. 246. 5 , 'U. 

 Pheidole kingi instabilis Emery, 1901. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui., p. 129. 5 , 'U. 

 Pheidole kingi torpescens Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:404. 5, 11. 



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

 Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:24-35. 



Biology: Wheeler, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:203. —Wheeler, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., Bui. 23:2-12. —Cole, 1956. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 31:113. 



Morphology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, p. 56. 

 texana Wheeler. Tex. (Travis Co.). 



Pheidole texana Wheeler, 1903. Psyche 10:95. 5 , H. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:464. 

 titanis Wheeler. W. Tex. to s. Ariz. Ecology: Diet may be restricted to termites. 

 Pheidole titanis Wheeler, 1903. Psyche 10:95. 5 , V. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:461-462. —Creighton and Gregg, 

 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:35-37 (also biological notes; termite feeding). 

 tysoni Forel. Va., N. C, Ohio, Tenn. 



Pheidole tysoni Forel, 1901. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Ann. 45:348. 5, "U, d. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1940. Amer. Midland Nat. 24:42, 45. 



Biology: Dennis, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31:282, 304. —Wesson and Wesson, 1940. Amer. 



Midland Nat. 24:92. 

 vallicola Wheeler. S. Ariz. 



Pheidole cmssicomis vallicola Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:409. 9 , V. 

 virago Wheeler. Tex., Ariz. 



Pheidole virago Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:401. 5, ^. 

 vistana Forel. S. Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Found in deserts in small crater nests in the soU. 



Pheidole stisannne longipes Pergande, 1895. CaHf. Acad. Sci., Proc. 5:885. 5 , "U. Preocc. by 

 Latreille, 1802; Smith, 1858. 



Pheidole longipes var. vistana Forel, 1914. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat., Bui. 50:272. 9 . 



Pheidole grallipes Wheeler, 1916. Psyche 23:40. N. name for longipes Pergande. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:397-398. 



Biology: Mallis, 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40:69. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants 

 of Deep Canyon, pp. 77-79. 

 xerophila tucsonica Wheeler. Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in soU may 

 be craterlike or with small mounds. 

 Pheidole xerophila tucsonica Wheeler, 1908. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 24:448. $ , H. 



Taxonomy: Creighton and Gregg, 1955. Colo. Univ. Studies, Biol. Ser. 3:40-42. 



Biology: Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:397. —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of 

 Deep Canyon, pp. 82-83. 



