Pheidole minensis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Pheidole minensis Santschi, 1923 valid

Pheidole (Elasmopheidole) aberrans var. minensis Santschi, 1923d: 64 (s.q.m.) BRAZIL (Minas Gerais). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 137). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Minas Gerais, Pirapora (E. Garbe). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Original description cites syntype major(s), queen(s) and male(s) (numbers not stated).

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 137.
Subspecies of Pheidole aberrans: Borgmeier, 1927c: 91; Kempf, 1972b: 184; Bolton, 1995b: 325.
Status as species: Wilson, 2003a: 137 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Pheidole aberrans minensis

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
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1923d. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 63:45-69. 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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