Pheidole senex

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Pheidole senex Gregg, 1952 valid

Pheidole senex Gregg, 1952a: 1 (s.w.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Colorado, 9 mi. S Campo (Colorado-Oklahoma border), 4150 ft, 21.iii.1949 (R.E. Gregg). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 15 paratype major workers, paratype minor workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, FMNH, LACM, MCZC.

Status as species: Cole, 1953g: 298; Cole, 1956c: 113; Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 12 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 355; Smith, 1979: 1373; Bolton, 1995b: 329; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 195; Wilson, 2003a: 596 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Pheidole pilifera anfracta: Cole, 1953g: 298; Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 30; Smith, 1979: 1373; Bolton, 1995b: 329; Wilson, 2003a: 596.

Junior synonyms

Pheidole pilifera anfracta Cole, 1952

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1953g. Studies of New Mexico ants. V. The genus Pheidole with synonymy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 28:297-299. PDF
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1956c. Observations of some members of the genus Pheidole in the southwestern United States with synonymy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31:112-118. PDF
Gregg, R. E. 1952a. A new ant of the genus Pheidole from Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1557:1-4. PDF
Gregg, R. E. 1959 ("1958"). Key to the species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 66:7-48. PDF
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.

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