Pheidole vafra

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Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923 valid

Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923d: 51 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 244). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (A. Reichensperger). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913469 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MZSP, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0913470, MZSP0088829.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 244.
Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 90; Kempf, 1972b: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 244 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 35; Longino, 2019: 63; Serna et al., 2019: 1041 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Pheidole laticornis: Longino, 2019: 63.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF
Santschi, F. 1923d. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 63:45-69. PDF
Serna, F. J.; Suárez, D.; Pérez, A.L. 2019. Género Pheidole. Capítulo 30. Pp. 917-1053 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.

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