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Pheidole maja Forel, 1886 valid

Pheidole maja Forel, 1886b: xlviii (s.w.q.) GUATEMALA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 322). Primary type locality: lectotype Guatemala: Guatemala City (Stoll) (by restriction of Wilson, 2003a: 322). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG. Type notes: 1) Original description includes more than one major worker and at least one queen. 2) Other original syntype locality: Guatemala: Tecpam, 7000 ft (Stoll). 3) Wilson does not specify depository of lectotype.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 322.
Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 594 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 92; Forel, 1899b: 70; Emery, 1922c: 101; Kempf, 1972b: 196; Bolton, 1995b: 325; Wilson, 2003a: 322 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 259; Longino, 2019: 116.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. 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. 1886b. Espèces nouvelles de fourmis américaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:xxxviii-xlix. PDF
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 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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