Species Pheidole antipodum (Smith, 1858)
- Atta antipodum 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 *Q, Swan River, WA. - Pheidole froggatti Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [414].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH W,M, Kalgoorlie, WA; ANIC W, Kalgoorlie, WA. - Pheidole myops Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [421].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Native Dog Bore, Darling River, NSW. - Monomorium lippulum Wheeler, W.M. 1927. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Indochina. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 20: 83-106 [6 May 1927] [89].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ *W, Port Lincoln, SA and McDonnel (=McDonnell), NT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 73-171 [132]
Generic Combinations
- Aphaenogaster antipodum (Smith, 1858). —
Wheeler, W.M. 1916. The Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 213-223 pls 21-22 [23 Dec. 1916] [216] - Pheidole antipodum (Smith, 1858). —
Emery, C. 1922. Hymenoptera Fam. Formicidae Subfam. Myrmicinae. In Wytsman, P. (ed.) Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 174B pp. 95–206. [97] - Anisopheidole antipodum (Smith, 1858). —
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 73-171 [132] - Pheidole antipodum (Smith, 1858). —
Mayr, G. 1886. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36: 353–368 [360] - Pheidole antipodum (Smith, 1858). —
Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40(1): 61–81 [Date published January 2015: Published online (Early View) on 23 July 2014. However, the ZooBank registration entry for this article does not give the name and internet address of an organization other than the publisher that is intended to permanently archive the work. Under ICZN Article 8.5.3.1 the online (Early View) version of this paper does not meet the ICZN criteria for electronic publication and therefore the publication date for nomenclatural purposes is January 2015, the date of print publication.] [75]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, shrubland, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in soil.
History of changes
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