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Taxonomic history
Emery, 1895d PDF: 290 (s.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b PDF: 79 (l.). |
Combination in Pheidole: Emery, 1895d PDF: 290. |
Senior synonym of Pheidole pennsylvanica: Emery, 1895d PDF: 290; of Pheidole septentrionalis and material of the unavailable name Pheidole simulans referred here: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 186; of Pheidole artemisia, Pheidole coloradensis, Pheidole pacifica: Wilson, 2003A: 589. |
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Pheidole pilifera | Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: -1, (download) | -1 | 21008 | ||
Pheidole pilifera | Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: 589-590, (download) | 589-590 | 20017 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Pinyon-cedar woodland, 3 times found in grassy slope, 0 times found in Black oak dunes, 2 times found in pinyon/juniper woodland, 0 times found in Mixed-canyon forest, 1 times found in grass, short oak scrub, 0 times found in Short grass prairie, 0 times found in Pine dunes, 1 times found in sparse pine woodland at river edge, 0 times found in Meadow, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 5 times under stone, 2 times nest in soil, 1 times At nest, 1 times Two small craters~2 apart, 1 times ground nest, 1 times 3 long crescentric crater in bare, fine sand at roadside.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times Under rock, 8 times search, 0 times In garden, 1 times Pitfall, 0 times Roadside.
Elevations: collected from 40 - 2591 meters, 1845 meters average
Type specimens: cotype: casent0103147; Paratype: fmnhins0000062813, fmnhins0000062814, fmnhins0000062815, fmnhins0000077001; paratype of Pheidole pilfera artemisia: casent0901559, casent0901560; syntype of Pheidole pennsylvanica: casent0911221; syntype of Pheidole pilifera coloradensis: casent0904434, casent0904435; type of Leptothorax pilifer: focol1557, focol1558