Polyergus rufescens breviceps Emery, 1893 an obsolete combination of Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893
Polyergus rufescens subsp. breviceps Emery, 1893k: 666 (w.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Trager, 2013: 511). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Colorado, Breckenridge (Pergande?) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a: 588). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0179559 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype, U.S.A.: South Dakota (no further data) (Pergande?). Secondary type depository: unspecified but presumably MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: 1) Original syntype localities: U.S.A.: South Dakota and Colorado (no further data). 2) Trager, 2013 cites MHNG as lectotype depository but this abbreviation does not appear in his list of depositories, pp. 504-505.
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