Pheidole fervens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Pheidolini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole fervens
Subspecies: P. f. fervens – P. f. pectinata

Name

Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858: 176 [Senior synonym of cavannae, javana, nigriscapa: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 45; senior synonym of desucta: Eguchi, 2001b: 53. senior synonym of desucta: Eguchi, 2001b: 53; of amia, azumai, dharmsalana, dolenda, pungens, soror: Eguchi, 2004: 197.]

Synonyms

Solenopsis pungens Smith
Pheidole javana Mayr
Pheidole amia Forel
Pheidole nigriscapa Santschi
Pheidole cavannae Emery
Pheidole fervens desucta Wheeler
Pheidole (Pheidole) oceanica var. nigriscapa Santschi
Pheidole desucta Wheeler

References

Smith, F. 1858: Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp. pdf
Wheeler, W.M. 1929. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates, 361: 1–11.
Wilson, E.O. 2003: Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 794 pp. Harvard Catalog Page
Burge, D.O. 2005: Taxonomy, biology, and distribution of seed harvesting ants in the Pheidole californica complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 14 (2): 137–150. [1]