Pheidole acantha
Eguchi, 2001b:
25, fig. 3 (s.w.q.)
BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sabah).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu (nr Headquarters, ca 1500 m.), Eg97-BOR-404, 1997 (K. Eguchi). Primary type depository: MBSM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype major workers, 10 paratype minor workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MBSM, MCZC, MSNM, NHMW.
- Status as species: Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 48; Eguchi et al., 2016: 49.
Citations
- Eguchi, K. 2001b. A revision of the Bornean species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Tropics Monograph Series 2:1-154. PDF
- Eguchi, K.; Viet, B. T.; Oguri, E.; Yamane, S. 2016. The first discovery of the "Pheidole quadricuspis group" in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 123:45-55. 10.5281/zenodo.46289 PDF
- Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF