Pheidole pilifera

Taxonavigation

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Pheidole pilifera workers. Scale: 1mm.
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 pilifera

Name

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Pheidole pilifera (Roger, 1863a: 180) [Combination in Pheidole: Emery, 1895c: 290. Senior synonym of pennsylvanica: Emery, 1895c: 290; of septentrionalis: Creighton, 1950a: 186; of artemisia, coloradensis, pacifica: Wilson, 2003: 589.]

Synonyms

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  • Leptothorax pilifer Roger
  • Pheidole xerophila pacifica Wheeler
  • Pheidole pennsylvanica Roger
  • Pheidole pilifera artemisia Cole
  • Pheidole pilifera coloradensis Emery
  • Pheidole pilifera septentrionalis Wheeler
  • Pheidole pilifera pacifica Wheeler

References

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  • Roger, J. 1863: Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses, nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegeben Beschreibungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 7: 131–214. pdf
  • Wilson, E.O. 2003: Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 794 pp. Harvard Catalog Page
  • Eguchi, K. 2008: A revision of Northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa, 1902: 1–118. Abstract