Pheidole gibba

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Pheidole gibba Mayr, 1887 valid

Pheidole gibba Mayr, 1887: 590, 604 (diagnoses in keys) (s.w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 695). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina (L. Hetschko). Primary type depository: NHMW. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMW.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 695.
Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 91; Forel, 1895b: 128; Emery, 1922c: 102; Borgmeier, 1927c: 83; Borgmeier, 1937b: 233; Kempf, 1972b: 193; Kempf, 1972d: 455; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Wilson, 2003a: 695 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Pheidole gibba lopesi: Kempf, 1972d: 455; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Wilson, 2003a: 695.

Junior synonyms

Pheidole gibba lopesi Borgmeier, 1937

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
Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972d. A study of some Neotropical ants of genus Pheidole Westwood. I. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 15:449-464. PDF
Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632. 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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