Pheidole biolleyi
Forel, 1908c:
48 (s.w.q.m.)
COSTA RICA.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Longino, 2019: 27). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: La Palma, 1600 m. (P. Biolley). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype locality: Costa Rica: Tablazo Coast (P. Biolley), which was earlier designated as type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 187. 2) Original syntype series includes major and minor workers, queens and males (numbers not stated), hence paralectotypes.
- Lectotype designation: Longino, 2019: 27.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 104; Kempf, 1972b: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 170 (redescription); Longino, 2019: 27.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole biolleyi tristani: Wilson, 2003a: 170; Longino, 2019: 27.
Junior synonyms
- Pheidole biolleyi tristani Forel, 1908
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. 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
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.