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<treatment id="6938D4EED1EAE3106145DD9154BDAA32" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274260" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100119505" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6274260" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6938D4EED1EAE3106145DD9154BDAA32" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6938D4EED1EAE3106145DD9154BDAA32" lastPageNumber="565" pageNumber="564">
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<paragraph id="5E73EAC665633962C0150C59815E9B88" pageNumber="564">
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<taxonomicName id="0268F85837491EED5D650ED17D5F6B23" ID-CoL="4FY8Z" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">Pheidole californica</taxonomicName>
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Mayr
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C9CAA6E5F445BF37EBE69CDB2690EF0D" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="2AD85566DE0F0BA879F1B3089B92DF49" pageNumber="564">
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<taxonomicName id="B9F974A06217C4B1C076769E72954703" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">Pheidole californica</taxonomicName>
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Mayr 1870b: 987. Syn.:
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<taxonomicName id="03355A6849D666109EBD29E62E0E5102" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:142198" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole oregonica Emery" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole oregonica Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oregonica">Pheidole oregonica Emery</taxonomicName>
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1895d: 291,
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="EE6DA745DE25E7B6355E1B6380E9593E">n. syn.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="E75C9F7BC68FC450F98210F34B45D4A0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:142199" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica var. incenata Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica var. incenata Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="californica" variety="incenata">Pheidole californica var. incenata Wheeler</taxonomicName>
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1915b: 407, synonomy by Creighton 1950a:173;
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<taxonomicName id="42571879ADB3F6755969EFC578B2DFE0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:142201" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica var. satura Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica var. satura Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="californica" variety="satura">Pheidole californica var. satura Wheeler</taxonomicName>
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1915b: 407, synonomy by Creighton 1950a: 173;
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<taxonomicName id="96D6DBA7F39DDD79CB32A24328F18687" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:232216" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica subsp. pyramidensis Emery" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica pyramidensis Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="californica" subSpecies="pyramidensis">Pheidole californica subsp.pyramidensis Emery</taxonomicName>
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1922c: 105 (replacement name for
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<taxonomicName id="08BD9F9DF72F3AE45EE47CD7CC38131C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:232215" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole pubiventris nevadensis Forel" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica nevadensis Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nevadensis">nevadensis Wheeler</taxonomicName>
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1915b: 408, junior primary homonym ofpheidole
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<taxonomicName id="B96BF8BEBF85B9892CC7A2961C01F96B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:232215" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole pubiventris nevadensis Forel" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica nevadensis Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nevadensis">nevadensis</taxonomicName>
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Forel 190 lj: 353), synonomy by G. C. and J. Wheeler 1986g: 18;
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<taxonomicName id="D98CE2310E63AF4638EF2ACD19512BFA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:241334" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica var. shoshoni Cole" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica shoshoni Cole" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="californica" variety="shoshoni">Pheidole californica var. shoshoni Cole</taxonomicName>
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1933b: 618, synonomy by Gregg 1959: 1-9;
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<taxonomicName id="14B3C04424A30A67A51B087A798FED98" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:142469" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica var. hagermani Cole" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica var. hagermani Cole" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="californica" variety="hagermani">Pheidole californica var. hagermani Cole</taxonomicName>
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1936a: 35, synonomy by Creighton 1950a:173.
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<paragraph id="F2A9A14926D62DED0FB8DC6ED8D0D12E" pageNumber="564">Types Naturhist. Mus. Wien.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="3812877C28121C74A24794929B14466C" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="393C0F51923958E254A5D20536058968" pageNumber="564">Etymology Based on the state of origin of the type series.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="B1CB6D3570AC11CF51DAAA0D973DD504" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="B2E3FA36FAD16B00713F1A05767004DB" pageNumber="564">
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diagnosis A member of the "
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<taxonomicName id="BF19242232A3F8434830580843DFA7CE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33930" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole pilifera (Roger)" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole pilifera (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilifera">pilifera</taxonomicName>
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complex" of the larger
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<taxonomicName id="082BDF057D3FEBF65208ED8ACD4416BA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33930" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole pilifera (Roger)" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole pilifera (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilifera">pilifera</taxonomicName>
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group, comprising
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<taxonomicName id="C77CB910BE7A2A28475BDCC9424EE051" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33642" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole calens Forel" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole calens Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calens">calens</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="EA4EF1E4C074B168FD78522C81951B15" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">californica</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="8ACA3638F0390A2F672DA27FD71C6E77" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33651" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole carrolli Naves" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole carrolli Naves" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carrolli">carrolli</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="EEC1E0F4B85FADF58FD09719954FE41E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:181972" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole cavigenis Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole cavigenis Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cavigenis">cavigenis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="053CE29C02A796E4A98A48E3318BD24B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33670" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clementensis">clementensis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="C485DA6BE372E72B1FBC27DF53FAE6BC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:181973" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole hoplitica Wilson" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole hoplitica Wilson" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hoplitica">hoplitica</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="26062E58EE50A0BAE5166C6C9980EA32" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33833" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole littoralis Cole" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole littoralis Cole" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="littoralis">littoralis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="2DE1806488690FC820C2CB291D5C355F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole micula Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole micula Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micula">micula</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="5F1482C2FB7D921895D78F69607A6F98" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33930" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole pilifera (Roger)" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole pilifera (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilifera">pilifera</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="35264837C5A8F1DD10A1E6EBF3AA5331" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:181975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole polymorpha Wilson" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole polymorpha Wilson" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polymorpha">polymorpha</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="550C544D28156DE3B7C7C125A8C523E4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33980" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole rugulosa Gregg" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole rugulosa Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugulosa">rugulosa</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="04D859E724CE726F38BA45638F4FC657" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33998" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole senex Gregg" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole senex Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senex">senex</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="2322093AB47B73B0286360D6A5A409CB" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:142583" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole soritis Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole soritis Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="soritis">soritis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="173C8E2B3D309AE4311A2D8367A2F4E6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:34049" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole tepicana Pergande" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole tepicana Pergande" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tepicana">tepicana</taxonomicName>
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, and
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, which complex is characterized by the following traits. Major: dorsal head surface extensively sculptured; occipital lobes horizontally rugulose (or, in
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<taxonomicName id="406843D30D05228A5ACCC29540539C9D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33651" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole carrolli Naves" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole carrolli Naves" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carrolli">carrolli</taxonomicName>
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smooth, in
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<taxonomicName id="3046A17F72CC8DBBC6EDEE05D7A76EDD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33833" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole littoralis Cole" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole littoralis Cole" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="littoralis">littoralis</taxonomicName>
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foveate, and in
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<taxonomicName id="29538E28D39EE115EB2BDCDD57DE53AC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole micula Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole micula Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micula">micula</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="EA4CAB408825A642F4A47E730BA0FADA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:142583" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole soritis Wheeler" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole soritis Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="soritis">soritis</taxonomicName>
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carinulate); postpetiole from above angulate and. trapezoidal to spinose. Minor: eye medium-sized to large.
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<subSubSection id="BBED3C4CEC94AA220833DB3BB6FD9276" type="description">
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<paragraph id="6A8013FA9A8BC861C93F85FAB0BB0598" pageNumber="564">
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<taxonomicName id="002C39A12C0011BA75D4EDCC211CC651" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">P. californica</taxonomicName>
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is distinguished within this complex by the following combination of traits. Color yellow.
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<paragraph id="F9112821D0333DD670F89222CF3633C0" pageNumber="564">
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Major: all of pronotum smooth and shiny; humerus in dorsal-oblique view low and smoothly convex; propodeal spine in side view equilaterally triangular; postpetiole from above trapezoidal. Closest to
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<taxonomicName id="EA1FC7263BA399D45447598E25C7ED48" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33670" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clementensis">clementensis</taxonomicName>
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, from which it differs by its smaller size (HW in
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<taxonomicName id="D3B47FD7BBFDE470E1D68C85588BA3F1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">californica</taxonomicName>
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major about 0.90 mm, in
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<taxonomicName id="99020DDD7921C8D46F5934FDD31F3AE1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33670" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clementensis">clementensis major</taxonomicName>
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about 1.10 mm) and proportionately larger eye (major EL/HW 0.20 in
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<taxonomicName id="5530EDD52C1DE90BA384E3EF5A5F4804" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">californica</taxonomicName>
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versus 0.13 in
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<taxonomicName id="874C8A29D530A9139EC31DBD894D45D7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33670" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole clementensis Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clementensis">clementensis</taxonomicName>
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). Also, the sides of the major head are smooth and shiny in some, but not all,
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<taxonomicName id="4DF3874439D52B9AE81EEE819278074D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33643" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole californica Mayr" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole californica Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="564" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californica">californica</taxonomicName>
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populations (Philip S. Ward, personal communication).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2BC7D03333C9315BB77A67366EEF3EE6" pageNumber="565">measurements (mm) Major (Palo Alto, California): HW 0.92, HL 1.06, SL 0.54, EL 0.18, PW 0.44.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0DA444A41A22CC21760604D1E3AC29DC" pageNumber="565">Minor (Palo Alto): HW 0.48, HL 0.56, SL 0.48, EL 0.12, PW 0.28.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9B294CCD5B166C8E0142360690B084" pageNumber="565">Color Major: concolorous yellow; gaster a slightly contrasting brownish yellow.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9DB3BBAE2F7160BBE2B4D6112BD68CC0" pageNumber="565">Minor: yellow with a slight brownish tinge.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="3D668A4D10FC857C89BA5D98651747A9" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="ACEE7236DC4F549C9E89752BFAC51F4A" pageNumber="565">Range California north to Washington, east to Idaho and New Mexico.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="5D4B62FB879C47BD493B7FDF8937258E" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="AC134A0A971CF01251A39EE6AA2F294C" pageNumber="565">
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Biology Colonies have been found nesting variously under objects, in oak galls, or in open sandy soil (Cole 1934b; Mallis 1941). Stefan Cover reports a population in moist spots in a grazed Chihuahuan desert at 1295 m in Hidalgo, extreme southwest New Mexico. The colonies were nesting in soil with a high clay content; the most common other ant species was
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<taxonomicName id="F204C6683838CEDBD79D99DE53E63A71" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:30351" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptothorax pergandei Emery" lsidName-HNS="Leptothorax pergandei Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="565" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pergandei">Leptothorax pergandei</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="9B5C85D7BEBD898809AAB90856A3DA5E" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="42F36C550D0AAA7FF2CDD258A1CC2955">figure Upper: major. Lower: minor. CALIFORNICA: Palo Alto. Type locality: San Francisco. Scale bars = 1 mm.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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