Pheidole descolei

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Pheidole descolei Kusnezov, 1952 valid

Pheidole descolei Kusnezov, 1952d: 76 (s.w.) At MZSP there are 3 females (W, S) labelled as "Compared with type syntype" by Wilson. They are from Brazil: São Paulo: Campo Limpo, and the type locality is Argentina: Salta. ARGENTINA (Salta). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype major workers, 63 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Argentina: Salta, Apolinario Saravia, 9.v.1948, no. 1982 (N. Kusnezov). Primary type depositories: IMLT, MCZC.

Status as species: Kusnezov, 1953c: 339; Kempf, 1972b: 190; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Wilson, 2003a: 680 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1952d ("1951"). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12:5-88. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1953c. Lista de las hormigas de Tucumán con descripción de dos nuevos géneros (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 13:327-339. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.

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