Pheidole tachigaliae

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Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler, 1921 valid

Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler, 1921f: 148 (s.w.q.) GUYANA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 639). Primary type locality: lectotype Guyana (“British Guiana”): Kartabo, 23.viii. (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: Original description cites syntype major and workers, 1 syntype queen.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 639.
Combination in Pheidole (Hendecapheidole): Wheeler, 1922f: 3
Status as species: Wheeler, 1942: 192; Smith, 1955d: 304 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 185; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 639 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1955d. Ants of the genus Pheidole, subgenus Hendecapheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 57:301-305. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1921f. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (New York) 3:137-168. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922f. A new genus and subgenus of Myrmicinae from tropical America. American Museum Novitates 46:1-6. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. 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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