Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr 1884

Natural History:

This species occurs in open, recently disturbed habitats. Nests are beneath dead wood on the ground. Workers forage on the ground and in low vegetation.

Widespread in Neotropics, including Jamaica and parts of Lesser Antilles. Costa Rica: Pacific lowlands and central valley.

Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884 PDF: 35 (s.w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as radowszkowskii by Emery, 1888c PDF: 354, Emery, 1890c PDF: 49, Emery, 1894d PDF: 154, and others; misspelled as radaszkowskii and rodaszkowskii by Forel, 1908a PDF: 66; misspelled as radoszkowskyi by Santschi, 1913h PDF: 36; misspelled as rodoszkowskii by Kusnezov, 1953c PDF: 337.].Status as species: Mayr, 1887 PDF: 588 (in key); Emery, 1888c PDF: 354; Emery, 1890c PDF: 49; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 95; Emery, 1894d PDF: 154; Emery, 1894h PDF: 389; Forel, 1895b PDF: 129; Emery, 1896h PDF: 625; Forel, 1899b PDF: 67; Forel, 1901j PDF: 363; Forel, 1906d PDF: 248; Forel, 1908c PDF: 52; Forel, 1908 PDF: 370; Forel, 1909a PDF: 258; Santschi, 1913h PDF: 36; Forel, 1914d PDF: 272; Bruch, 1915 PDF: 531; Emery, 1922c PDF: 99; Wheeler, 1925a: 21; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 87; Kusnezov, 1952d PDF: 64 (in key); Kusnezov, 1953c PDF: 337; Kempf, 1960e: 394; Kempf, 1961b PDF: 503; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 199; Zolessi et al., 1988: 3; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Wilson, 2003a: 221 (redescription); Wild, 2007b PDF: 35; Longino, 2009 PDF: 70; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 260; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 120; Serna et al., 2019 PDF: 995.Senior synonym of Pheidole radoszkowskii acuta: Wilson, 2003a: 221.Senior synonym of Pheidole radoszkowskii australis: Wilson, 2003a: 221.Senior synonym of Pheidole radoszkowskii luteola: Wilson, 2003a: 221.Senior synonym of Pheidole medialis: Longino, 2009 PDF: 70.Senior synonym of Pheidole radoszkowskii opacissima: Wilson, 2003a: 221.Senior synonym of Pheidole paranana: Wilson, 2003a: 221.Senior synonym of Pheidole radoszkowskii parvinoda: Wilson, 2003a: 221.Material of the unavailable name Pheidole radoszkowskii parvinoda erubens referred here by Wilson, 2003a: 221.

Amambay, Boquerón , Canindeyú , Central, Concepción , Cordillera, Itapúa , Misiones, Pte. Hayes, San Pedro (ALWC, INBP, LACM, MCZC). Literature records: Cordillera, “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (Emery 1896b, Forel 1906d, Forel 1909).

[[ worker ]] [[ soldier ]] [[ queen ]] [[ male ]]. (No. 22 a a 22 j).

[[ worker ]] [[ soldier ]] Surubres pres San Mateo, Costa Rica (Biolley) dans la terre et dans un tronc pourri.