Pheidole alfaroi
Emery, 1896g:
70 (s.w.q.m.)
COSTA RICA.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 165). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: La Palma, 1500 m. (A. Alfaro). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
Original description also cites syntype queens and males.
- Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 165.
- Status as species: Forel, 1899b: 69; Forel, 1908c: 48; Emery, 1922c: 104; Kempf, 1972b: 185; Bolton, 1995b: 316; Wilson, 2003a: 165 (redescription); Longino, 2019: 108; Serna et al., 2019: 920 (redescription).
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1896g. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 28:33-107. PDF
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
- Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
- Forel, A. 1908c. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:35-72. 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
- 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
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.