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Driving is a dangerous activity for adolescents, perhaps being even more precarious for adolescents with type 1 diabetes due to the possibility of extreme blood glucose (BG). There is no available data on adolescent driving safety concerns and type 1 diabetes. To begin addressing this issue, we surveyed parents regarding their observations and concerns. Seventy-two parents (87.5% mothers) of adolescent drivers aged 16-19 with type 1 diabetes provided analyzable data. Females comprised 36% of their adolescents, with 74% using pump therapy. In the past year, 13 and 84% of parents reported that their adolescent had experienced severe or moderate disruptive hypoglycemia, respectively. Over half (56%) of the parents reported moderate to extreme worry about how diabetes impacted their adolescent's driving, while only 21% of parents thought their adolescents had similar concerns (p = 0.037). Almost one third (31%) of parents thought their adolescent need not treat low BG until it fell below 70 mg/dL, 13% thought their adolescent could safely drive with BG below 65 mg/dL. And, 31 and 14% of parents, respectively, reported their adolescent had been in a collision or stopped by the police in the past year, which they attributed to both hypo- and hyperglycemia. Adolescents reportedly took steps to prevent hypo- and hyperglycemia while driving, but more aggressively avoided hypoglycemia (p 0.001). While this data is limited, lacking a non-diabetic control group and randomized sample, it does suggest that driving and adolescent type 1 diabetes deserve further attention and investigation.

Pheidole jamaicensis NEW STATUS, REVISED STATUS Figure 1, 2, 3 Pheidole punctatissima subsp. jamaicensis Wheeler, W.M. 1908: 161. Syntype major and minor worker: 2.5mi W Port Antonio, Jamaica (Wight) [MCZC] (examined). Pheidole bilimeki Mayr: Wilson 2003: 378 (incorrect synonymy)., Published as part of Longino, John T. & Cox, Daniel J., 2009, Pheidole bilimeki Reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 34-42 in Zootaxa 1985 on page 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185396, {"references":["Wheeler, W. M. (1908) The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 24, 159 - 163.","Wilson, E. O. (2003) Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 794 pp."]}

Pheidole bilimeki Figure 1, 2, 3 Pheidole bilimeki Mayr 1870: 985. Lectotype major worker: Mexico (Bilimek) [NMW] (examined). Pheidole punctatissima subsp. annectens Wheeler, W.M. 1905: 93. Lectotype major worker: Mangrove Key, Andros Island, Bahamas (Wheeler) [MCZC] (examined). Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole floridana var. antoniensis Forel 1901 b: 364. Syntype major and minor worker: San Antonio, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (Forel) [MHNG] (examined). Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole floridana subsp. ares Forel 1908: 57. Syntype major and minor worker, male: Cote du Tablazo, 1500m, Costa Rica; San Juan de Tobozi, 1400m, Costa Rica (Biolley) [MHNG] (Cote du Tablazo specimens examined). Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole anastasii var. cellarum Forel 1908: 55. Syntype major, minor workers: greenhouses in Zurich (Switzerland), Kew (Great Britain), Dresden (Germany) [MHNG] (examined). Forel 1901 a: 78: description of queen (as P. anastasii, based on material from Guatemala intercepted at Hamburg; material labeled incorrectly as cellarum types in Forel collection). Forel 1915: 34: description of queen in key. Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole floridana var. deplanata Pergande 1896: 883. Syntype major and minor worker: Tepic, Mexico (Eisen and Vaslit) [USNM]. Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole punctatissima subsp. insulana Wheeler, W.M. 1905: 93. Syntype major and minor worker: Southern Bight, Andros Islands, Bahamas; Blue Hills, New Providence Island, Bahamas (Wheeler) [MCZC] (examined). Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole anastasii var. johnsoni Wheeler, W.M. 1907: 272. Syntype major and minor worker, male: Manatee, Honduras (Johnson) [MCZC] (examined). Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki. Pheidole anastasii var. venezuelana Forel 1905: 159. Syntype major worker, male: Caracas, Venezuela (Meinert) [MHNG]. Wilson 2003: 378: junior synonym of bilimeki., Published as part of Longino, John T. & Cox, Daniel J., 2009, Pheidole bilimeki Reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 34-42 in Zootaxa 1985 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185396, {"references":["Mayr, G. (1870) Neue Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 20, 939 - 996.","Wheeler, W. M. (1905) The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 21, 79 - 135.","Wilson, E. O. (2003) Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 794 pp.","Forel, A. (1901 b) Varietes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 45, 334 - 382.","Forel, A. (1908) Fourmis de Costa-Rica recoltees par M. Paul Biolley. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 44, 35 - 72.","Forel, A. (1901 a) Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex -, Dacryon -, Podomyrma - und Echinopla - Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 18, 43 - 82.","Forel, A. (1915) Fauna insectorum helvetiae. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Die Ameisen der Schweiz. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gessellschaft or Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Suisse, 12 (7 / 8), 1 - 77.","Pergande, T. (1896) Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (2) 5, 858 - 896.","Wheeler, W. M. (1907) A collection of ants from British Honduras. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 23, 271 - 277.","Forel, A. (1905) Miscellanea myrmecologiques II (1905). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 49, 155 - 185."]}

Pheidole anastasii REVISED STATUS Figure 1, 2, 3 Pheidole anastasii Emery 1896: 76. Syntype minor, major worker: Jimenez, Costa Rica [MCSN] (examined). Pheidole bilimeki Mayr: Wilson 2003: 378 (incorrect synonymy)., Published as part of Longino, John T. & Cox, Daniel J., 2009, Pheidole bilimeki Reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 34-42 in Zootaxa 1985 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185396, {"references":["Emery, C. (1896) Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII - XXV. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 28, 33 - 107.","Wilson, E. O. (2003) Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 794 pp."]}