Pheidole punctithorax Borgmeier, 1929 valid
Pheidole punctithorax Borgmeier, 1929: 210, pl. 7, fig. 5 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “many”). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, 1918 (T. Borgmeier). Primary type depository: MZSP (perhaps also IEUB). Type notes: Wilson, 2003a: 342, cites a holotype major worker, but the original description includes 3 syntype major workers without citation of a holotype.
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