Pheidole madecassa
Forel, 1892l:
525 (s.w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Salata & Fisher, 2020c: 36). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Toamasina, Mangoro River (Sikora). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101897.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker, 2 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
- Lectotype designation: Salata & Fisher, 2020c: 36.
- Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 88; Wheeler, 1922: 1018; Bolton, 1995b: 325; Salata & Fisher, 2020c: 36 (redescription).
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Forel, A. 1892l. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 36:516-535. PDF
- Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2020c. The ant genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar—taxonomic revision of the bessonii species-group. Zootaxa 4843:1-64. 10.11646/zootaxa.4843.1.1 PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.