Pheidole rufipilis

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Pheidole rufipilis Forel, 1908 valid

Pheidole rufipilis Forel, 1908: 371 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 226). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga, 8.x.1906 (H. Luederwaldt). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0908200 MP5583 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 12 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0908201 MP5583, MZSP0088795, MZSP0088796, MZSP0088797. Type notes: 1) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 5583, 8.x.1906, Pheidole rufipilis n. sp. (Formicidae), H. Luederwaldt, Ypiranga, na terra, Forel det. Public! 2) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 226.
Status as species: Forel, 1912g: 234; Luederwaldt, 1918: 45; Emery, 1922c: 103; Borgmeier, 1927c: 88; Kusnezov, 1952d: 66 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 200; Bolton, 1995b: 329; Wilson, 2003a: 226 (redescription); Serna et al., 2019: 996 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Pheidole pubiventris impia: Wilson, 2003a: 226.

Junior synonyms

Pheidole pubiventris impia Santschi, 1923

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
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19:211-237. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1952d ("1951"). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12:5-88. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
Serna, F. J.; Suárez, D.; Pérez, A.L. 2019. Género Pheidole. Capítulo 30. Pp. 917-1053 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 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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