Pheidole pallidula (Nylander 1849)

Mostly open xerothermous habitats, often in urban areas, nests in (stony) ground, in rock/wall crevices

Submediterranean SLO

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

Myrmica pallidula Nylander, 1849 PDF: 42 (w.) ITALY (Sicily). Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as pallidcela by Wheeler, 1937c PDF: 38, caption of fig. 12.].Mayr, 1855 PDF: 457 (s.q.m.); Vandel, 1931 PDF: 114 (gynandromorph); Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249 (l.); Hauschteck, 1961 PDF: 221 (k.).Combination in Oecophthora: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 455.Combination in Pheidole: Smith, 1858a PDF: 173.Junior synonym of Pheidole megacephala: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 70 (in key).Subspecies of Pheidole megacephala: Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 463; Forel, 1890b PDF: lxxvi; Emery, 1891c: 13; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 92 (footnote).Status as species: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 455 (redescription); Nylander, 1856b PDF: 97; Gredler, 1858 PDF: 29; Smith, 1858b PDF: 282; Smith, 1858a PDF: 173; Roger, 1862c PDF: 294; Roger, 1863b PDF: 30; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 441; Emery, 1869b PDF: 19; Dours, 1873 PDF: 169; Forel, 1874 PDF: 81 (in key); André, 1874c: 198 (in key); Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list); Emery, 1878a PDF: x (in list); Emery, 1878: 58; Emery, 1880 PDF: 398; Emery, 1881b PDF: 534; André, 1881c PDF: 76; André, 1883b: 383 (in key); Costa, 1883: 60; Forel, 1886e PDF: clxviii; Forel, 1889 PDF: 257; Nasonov, 1889: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 94; Medina, 1893 PDF: 105; Forel, 1894d PDF: 27; Forel, 1895e PDF: 227, 233; Forel, 1902a PDF: 154; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 26; Ruzsky, 1903b PDF: 310; Forel, 1903b PDF: 458; Forel, 1904c PDF: 373; Forel, 1904d PDF: 5; Ruzsky, 1905b: 643; Forel, 1906c PDF: 189; Forel, 1907d PDF: 21; Emery, 1908e PDF: 24; Forel, 1909c PDF: 104; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 61; Santschi, 1910e PDF: 649; Forel, 1911f PDF: 339; Karavaiev, 1912b PDF: 582; Krausse, 1912c PDF: 162; Forel, 1913d PDF: 430; Emery, 1914c PDF: 156; Forel, 1915d: 33 (in key); Emery, 1915i PDF: 226; Emery, 1916a PDF: 149; Karavaiev, 1916a PDF: 503; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 170; Stitz, 1917 PDF: 339; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 166; Donisthorpe, 1918c PDF: 166; Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 26; Emery, 1921c PDF: 86; Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 327; Soudek, 1922b PDF: 36; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b PDF: 255; Müller, 1923a PDF: 69; Müller, 1923b PDF: 67; Finzi, 1924a PDF: 13; Emery, 1924b PDF: 12; Emery, 1924c PDF: 164; Lomnicki, 1925b PDF: 2; Donisthorpe, 1926a PDF: 7; Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 3; Santschi, 1926f PDF: 287; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 86 (in key); Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 288; Kutter, 1927a PDF: 99; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 44; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 313; Santschi, 1931a: 5; Santschi, 1932e PDF: 70; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 100; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 19; Santschi, 1936c PDF: 200; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 162; Wheeler, 1937c PDF: 38; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 159; Bernard, 1945b PDF: 133; Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1061; Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 40; Ceballos, 1956: 302; Bernard, 1956b PDF: 258; Bernard, 1959a PDF: 346; Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 3; Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 42; Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 152; Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 88; Cagniant, 1966b PDF: 279; Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 385; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 153 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 446; Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 143; Kutter, 1968b: 59; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 65; Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 307; Cagniant, 1970a PDF: 417; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 70; Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 232; Baroni Urbani, 1976b PDF: 211; Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 68 (redescription); Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 121; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 77 (in key); Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 427; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 291; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 272 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 257; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 229; Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 30; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 123; Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 194; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 41; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Mei, 1995 PDF: 762; Poldi et al., 1995: 3; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 31; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 15; Mohamed et al., 2001 PDF: 54; Markó & Csosz, 2002 PDF: 115; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 139; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 197; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 70; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 93 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 206; Bračko, 2007 PDF: 18; Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 33; Wetterer et al., 2007 PDF: 19; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 141; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 155; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 492; Lush, 2009 10.1080/09397140.2009.10638357: 116; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 44; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 16; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 49; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 526; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 23; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 143 (see note in bibliography); Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 15; Lebas et al., 2016: 332; Radchenko, 2016: 175; Seifert, 2016b PDF: 13; Sharaf et al., 2017 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157 PDF: 34; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 7; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 48; Seifert, 2018: 181.Senior synonym of Pheidole inquilina: Bolton, 1987 PDF: 291; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Radchenko, 2016: 175; Seifert, 2016b PDF: 13.Senior synonym of Pheidole pallidula obscura: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 492; Seifert, 2016b PDF: 13.Senior synonym of Pheidole subdentata: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 456; Nylander, 1856b PDF: 97; Smith, 1858b PDF: 282; Smith, 1858a PDF: 173; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 441; Roger, 1863b PDF: 30; Dours, 1873 PDF: 169; André, 1874c: 204 (in list); Forel, 1874 PDF: 101 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 463; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 94; Ruzsky, 1905b: 643; Forel, 1915d: 33 (in key); Emery, 1915i PDF: 226; Emery, 1921c PDF: 86; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Radchenko, 2016: 175; Seifert, 2016b PDF: 13.Senior synonym of Pheidole symbiotica: Forel, 1913d PDF: 430; Borowiec & Salata, 2015 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.187-192 PDF: 189.

Records

(Map 21): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Csősz and Markó 2005 , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Western Predbalkan: Rachene river valley ( Vassilev 1984 ); Central Predbalkan: Dermantsi vill. (Lukovit) [ Atanassov 1934 , 1936 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Western Stara Planina Mts: Lakatnik station [ Atanassov 1934 , 1936 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Central Stara Planina Mts: Zhaltets peak [ Atanassov 1934 , 1936 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Eastern Stara Planina Mts: Sliven ( Forel 1892 ); Zemen Gorge: Skakavitsa waterfall [ Atanassov 1936 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Podbalkan Basins: Rose valley [ Atanassov et al. 1955 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Strandzha Mt.: Ropotamo river ( Atanassov 1934 ); Dupnitsa Basin: Dupnitsa ( Forel 1892 ); Rila Mt.: Rila ( Forel 1892 ); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Kresna, Kresna gorge [ Atanassov 1934 , 1936 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; west of Petrich [ Atanassov 1964 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Ograzhden Mt. [ Atanassov 1964 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Belasitsa Mt.: at the foot of Belasitsa Mt. [ Atanassov 1964 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )]; Western Rhodopi Mts: Asenovgrad ( Forel 1892 ); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Dedets vill. (Zlatograd), Malko Popovo vill. (Madzharovo), Madzharovo, between Dabovets and Kamilski dol vill. (Ivaylovgrad), between Odrintsi vill. and Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Padalo vill. (Krumovgrad) ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a ); Northern Black Sea coast: Evksinograd palace [ Atanassov 1936 (as Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis )], Kavarna ( Markó and Csősz 2002 ); Southern Black Sea coast: Sozopol ( Forel 1892 ), Burgas ( Forel 1895 ), near Ropotamo river ( Atanassov 1934 ).

Myrmica pallidula Nylander 1849, Acta Soc. Sc.Fenn. 3:25-48.

Pheidole pallidula Nylander : Delia Torre, 1893, Cat. Hym. Hucus. Desc. Sys. Syn. 7: 289.

World distribution: Sicily & Egypt.

Distribution in Egypt: Sinai.

Material examined: W. El-Arbaein: 11.VIII. 1998 (2), W.El-Talaa: 11.VIII.1998 (2), 9.IX.1998 (2), 15.XI.1998 (6), Sahab: 14.XI.1998 (1). (Ain. Coll.).

Region transcaspienne, St. Giaurs, 9 [[ soldier ]] 3 [[ worker ]], 1896 (Ahnger!).

Myrmica pallidula , Nyt. Addit. Alt. Adno. Mon. Form. Bor. Eur. 42; Form. Fr. et d'Alger, p. 97.

Oecophthora subdentata , Mayr. Einige neue Ameis. 143. Oecophthora pallidula , Mayr. Form. Austr. 183. 1.

Hab. Europe.

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Pheidole pallidula is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. It is widespread around the Mediterranean.