Species Pheidole vigilans (Smith, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Atta vigilans Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [166].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH *W, Melbourne, VIC.
• Pheidole dolichocephala André, E. 1896. Fourmis nouvelles d'Asie et d'Australie. Revue Française d'Entomologie 15: 251-265 [262].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP W, WA.
• Pheidole ampla yarrensis Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [434].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH W,Q, Yarra districts, VIC.
• Pheidole ampla parallela Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [435].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W,M, NSW; ANIC W, NSW.
• Pheidole ampla norfolkensis Wheeler, W.M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62: 121-153 [134].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W, Norfolk Is.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1971. The identity and synonymy of Pheidoleye vigilans (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 13-14 [13]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore, noctidiurnal, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes