Pheidole hecate

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Pheidole hecate Wheeler, 1911 valid

Pheidole hecate Wheeler, 1911a: 26 (s.w.) JAMAICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 544). Primary type locality: lectotype Jamaica: nr Troy, 1909 (A.E. Wight). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC. Type notes: Original description cites “several soldiers and workers from a single colony”.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 544.
Combination in Ceratopheidole: Emery, 1922c: 113.
Combination in Pheidole: Kempf, 1972b: 183.
Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 113; Kempf, 1972b: 183; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Wilson, 2003a: 544 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Pheidole hecate bruesi: Wilson, 2003a: 544.
Senior synonym of Pheidole hecate malevola: Wilson, 2003a: 544.

Junior synonyms

Pheidole hecate bruesi Wheeler, 1917
Pheidole hecate malevola Wheeler, 1911

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
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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