Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893 valid
Pheidole flavens r. sculptior Forel, 1893j: 414 (s.w.q.) ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (St Vincent). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 506). Primary type locality: lectotype St Vincent and the Grenadines: St Vincent I. (no further data (H.H. Smith). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: 1) Original syntype data: major and minor workers, queens (numbers not stated): St Vincent I., 35a, nr Fort Charlotte, Kingstown, 500 ft, 24.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 35b, Bowwood Valley, nr Kingstown, 800 ft, 20.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 35c, Villa Estate, 14.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 35d, Wallibou, 10.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 35e, Châteaubelais, 1000 ft, 11.x. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 35f and 35g, Petit Bordelle Valley, 1200 ft and 1600 ft, 13.xi. (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., 35h, Dry River, 2.i. (H.H. Smith). 2) Wilson, 2003a does not specify lectotype locality. 3) A syntype queen is cited as a paralectotype by Longino, 2009: 74. 4) Wilson, 2003a: 506, says the lectotype is in MHNG, but Longino, 2009: 74, says it is in MCZC.
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