Pheidole caribbaea
Wheeler, 1911a:
23 (s.w.q.m.)
JAMAICA.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated, “numerous”), 2 syntype queens, syntype males (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Jamaica: Mandeville, 1909 (A.E. Wight) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 188). Primary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Jamaica: Balaclava, 1909 (A.E. Wight), Jamaica: Troy, 1909 (A.E. Wight).
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1917g: 458; Emery, 1922c: 98; Kempf, 1972b: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 319; Wilson, 2003a: 272 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Pheidole caribbaea sloanei: Wilson, 2003a: 272
Junior synonyms
- Pheidole caribbaea sloanei Wheeler, 1917
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
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1911a. Additions to the ant-fauna of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:21-29. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917g. Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61:457-471. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.