Pheidole arachnion
Wilson, 2003a:
656, figs. (s.w.)
COSTA RICA.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Cartago, Rio Reventazon, 3-5 km. E Turrialba (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:
Details of paratype castes and their numbers are not given.
- Status as species: Longino, 2009: 13; Longino, 2019: 114; Guerrero et al., 2022: 321.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole iracunda: Longino, 2009: 13
Junior synonyms
- Pheidole iracunda Wilson, 2003
Citations
- Guerrero, R. J.; García, E.; Fernández, F. 2022. The Pheidole Westwood, 1839 ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Colombia: new records including two species with remarkable morphology. Zootaxa 5154 (3):319-332. 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.3.5 PDF
- Longino, J. T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2181:1-90. 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
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.