Pheidole fervens F. Smith
 MAJOR
MINOR
Type location Singapore
(Pheidole fervens, Smith, F.
1858b: 176, major & minor workers; Ogata, 1982: 197,
illustration and note on male genitalia) - types on linked pages (see
below)
junior synonyms
cavannae (Pheidole Cavannae n. sp., Emery,
1887b: 40, major; synonymy Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 45) from New
Caledonia, collector M. Léveillé - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904275
javana (Pheidole javana, nov. spec, Mayr,
1867a: 98, major & minor workers; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 121, queen
&
male, without description, from Singapore; synonymy Wilson &
Taylor, 1967: 45 "fide W. L. Brown) from Indonesia,
Java, Batavia, collector Herr. Moens;
nigriscapa (Pheidole oceanica Mayr, v. nigriscapa,
var. n., Santschi, 1928a: 48, illustrated, major & minor workers;
synonymy Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 45) from Samoa; Apia,
collector H Swale - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0901523
material of the unavailable name tahitiana (Pheidole oceanica
subsp. nigriscapa, var. tahitiana, sp. n., Santschi in
Cheesman & Crawley, 1928: 516, major & minor workers; placement
and
synonymy by Taylor & Wilson, 1967: 45) from Tahiti;
subspecies
desucta (Pheidole javana var. desucta
new variety, Wheeler, W. M , 1929f: 2, major & minor workers &
queen;
status in Bolton, 1995: 320, synonymy by Eguchi, 2001: 54) from China,
Back Linag, collector Prof. S. F. Light
dharmsalana (Pheidole javana Mayr var. Dharmsalana
n. var., Forel, 1902c: 184, major, 192, minor) from India,
Dharmsala, collector Sage - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907905
dolenda (Pheidole javana Mayr var. dolenda
n. var., Forel, 1912a: 60, soldier & worker) from Taiwan -
see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907907
jacobsoni (Pheidole javana Mayr var. jacobsoni
n. var., Forel, 1911b: 203, all forms) from Java - separate species
see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907909
jubilans (Pheidole javana Mayr var. jubilans
n. var., Forel, 1911b: 202, major & minor workers) from Java,
Semarang - separate species -
see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907913
pectinata (Pheidole javana Mayr var. pectinata
n. v., Stitz, 1912: 504, major) from Indonesia, Ceram I.,
collector Tauern - no images on Antweb (November 2014)
proteus (Pheidole javana Mayr, subsp. Proteus
n. subsp., Forel, 1912n: 55, major) from Indonesia, Sumatra - separate species - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907917
soror (Pheidole javana Mayr, st. soror
n. st., Santschi, 1937h: 369, illustrated, major & minor workers)
from Taiwan,
Hokuto, collector K Sato - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913315.
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New synonymy - subjugation of Pheidole
teneriffana Forel, see below - types on linked pages.
From the original short description this may well be the
Formica edax of Forskĺl, 1775: 85, worker) from
Egypt see see card. If the original
specimens have survived and this were shown to be correct it would be
the senior name. Bolton (1995: 320) cited Formica edax as a
junior synonym of P. megacephala, synonymy by Emery (1892b:
160) and Dalla Torre (1892: 90). Emery, however, did not synonymize it
but merely speculated it was "é senza dubbio una piccola Pheidole
e forse la Ph. megacephala". Dalla Torre's claim seems similarly
speculative from an author who otherwise did no ant taxonomy.
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 F Smith's
(1858b) description is at  . Mayr's (1867a)
description of javana
is at  . Emery's (1887b) description of cavannae
is at  . Forel's (1902c) description of dharmsalana
is at  . Forel's (1911b)
description of jacobsoni is at  . Forel's (1911b) description of jubilans
is at  . Forel's (1912a) description of dolenda
is at  . Stitz's (1912a) description of pectinata
is at  . Forel's (1912n)
description of proteus is at  . Santschi's (1928a) description of nigriscapa
is at  . Santschi's (1928) description of tahitiana
is at  . Wheeler's (1929f)
description of desucta is at  . Wilson & Taylor's (1967) note is at  . Ogata's (1982) note and key for Japan is
at  . Eguchi's (2001) note is at  .
Note
- in their synonymic list, Wilson & Taylor
(1967) gave no indication of having sighted any type material. Ogata
(1982) listed only apparently self-collected specimens from Japan as
those he examined. Eguchi
(2001) listed examining only three (F Smith) syntypes; he also examined
seven syntypes of desucta.
The sizes given by Eguchi are quite significantly
smaller than those given in the original descriptions. For example, F
Smith gave the major as TL 2 lines = 4.3 mm, minor TL 1 line = 2.1 mm;
Mayr gave the javana length as soldier TL 3.5-3.8 mm, minor TL
2.4 mm; Emery had cavannae as TL 3.67 mm; Santschi (1937h) had javana
soror as major TL 3.6-3.7 mm, minor TL 2.7 mm. Eguchi had major TL
2.8-3.4 mm, minor TL 2.2-2.2 mm.
Santschi (1928a) in Cheesman, L. E. and W. C. Crawley.
1928. A contribution towards the insect fauna of French Oceania. - Part
III. Formicidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (10)2,
514-525.
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With the availability of fresh specimens
from Egypt, Israel, Spain, Canary Islands and the Balearics, the link
pages give fresh photographs and descriptions of
Major
workers; Minor workers;
and, Queens
Revisionary notes on "teneriffana",
fervens and providens (j. syn. indica)
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Egypt records originally listed as P.
teneriffana and likely to include dark, near black, specimens we
now regard as Pheidole
providens (Sykes) - Santschi (1908, from Cairo by M Borcard);
Forel (1913d: 420); Alfieri (1931) listed a great number of findings
from all over the country in the October-November 1925 survey of
agriculture. Santschi (1934d) in the public gardens of Alexandria,
8.viii.1933, workers.
Sharaf list - Material examined: Sallant (Daqahliya,
Egypt), 6.vii.2002 (18 minor workers, 1 ?); Cairo Air Port, 11.x.2002
(4 minor workers, 3?); Ein Sokhna (Suez), 13.ii.1999 (19 minor workers,
1 ?); Gebel Asfar (Qalyubiya), 29.iv.2003 (4 minor worker, 2 ?);
Sallant (Daqahliya, Egypt), 28.ii.2003 (1 ?, 20 minor workers, 3 ?);
Naser (Beni suef), 29.vi.2003 (6 minor workers, 2 ?); Elqasmia
(Belbis), 21.ii.2003 (4 minor workers, 1 ?); Alag (Qalyubiya),
27.ii.2003 (9 minor workers, 1 ?); Faculty of Science, Abbasyia
(Cairo), 27.iv.1998 (1?); Shrinkash (Daqahliya, Egypt), 13.v.2003 (3
minor workers, 1 ?); Abuzabal (Qalyubiya), 4.iv.2003 (6 minor workers,
1 ?); Abuzabal (Qalyubiya), 1.i.2002 (10 minor workers, 2 ?); Hawamdyia
(Giza), 2.xi.2002 (7 minor workers, 2 ?); Sallant (El-Daqahliya,
Egypt), 28.iii.2003 (1 ?, 2 minor workers, 1 ?); Nagh El-Ghalalab
(Aswan), 7.iii.2003 (9 minor workers, 2 ?); Ezbet Debbana
(El-Daqahliya, Egypt), 29.xii.1997 (1?) (SHC); Sahab (South Sinai),
2.v.1998 (2) Leg.M.R.Sharaf; Marsa Matrouh, 25.iv.1957 (2) (ASUC).
The Mohamad thesis (1979) had - Giza, 30.ix.1919;
15.x.1927; Gezira (Sudan?), 28.viii.1923; Wadi Gharba, 30.iv.1925;
Egypt (Det. Crawley, 1927); Kerdasa, 1.x.1933; Cairo, 10.VIII.1936 (Coll.Alf.)
Alexandria, 2.iii.1955; Wadi Degla (Helwan), 13.iii.1955; Mansura,
25.iv.1957; Suez, 23.III.1975; Port Fouad, 30.v.1975; Ismailia,
1.viii.1975; Heliopolis (Cairo), 4.vii.1975; Ghardaqa (Red
Sea),20.xi.1975; Dakhla oasis (Western desert), 21.i.1975; Belbis
(Sharqyia), 21.i.1978; Kharga oasis (Western desert), 23.i.1978; Safaga
(Red Sea), 24.i.1978; Quseir (Red Sea), 25.i.1978; Dakhla oasis
(Western desert), 21.ii.1978; Baharyia oasis (Western
desert),6.iii.1979 (Coll.Ain.) Egypt (Det. Crawley, 1927) (Coll.Min.)
Egypt (Det. Crawley, 1927) (Coll.Soc.)
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det.
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Canary Islands
X Espadaler
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13.xii.2002
Teneriffe
28.03 N
16.53 W
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El Medano
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4
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det.
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Canary Islands
D King
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8.iv.2002
Fuerteventura
28°20' N
14°00' W
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1
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Spain
X Espadaler
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2.xi.2006
Alicante
38.35 N
0.4833333 E
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Torrevieja
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4
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Spain
X Espadaler |
28.vii.2003
Tarragona
42.6666667 N
8.85 E
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Hospital de l'Infant
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6
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Spain
X Espadaler |
30.ix.2004
Baleares
38.9 N
1.4333333 E
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Sant Antoni de
Portmany, Eivissa
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4
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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20.xii.1998
Giza
30°01' N
31°13' E
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Hawamdiya
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1
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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28.iii.2003
Sallant Mansurah
31°10' N
31°35' E
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Mansurah
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5
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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14.xii.2008
Sallant Mansurah
31°10' N
31°35' E
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Includes a queen
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2
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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29.iv.2003
Gebel Asfar
30°13' N
31°21' E
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3
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Pheidole fervens
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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20.xii.1998
Hawamdyia
30°01' N
31°13' E
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2
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