Pheidole aper
Forel, 1912g:
227 (s.w.q.)
BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 655). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis, Colonia Alpina (Göldi). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker, Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Original description also includes more workers and at least 1 syntype queen.
- Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 655.
- Combination in Pheidole (Trachypheidole): Emery, 1915g: 190
- Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 111; Borgmeier, 1927c: 91; Santschi, 1929d: 279; Kempf, 1972b: 205; Bolton, 1995b: 317; Wilson, 2003a: 655 (redescription).
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
- Emery, C. 1915g. Noms de sous-genres et de genres proposés pour la sous-famille des Myrmicinae. Modifications à la classification de ce groupe (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1915:189-192. PDF
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
- Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19:211-237. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 107:273-316. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.