Pheidole protaxi Oliveira & Lacau, 2015: 535, fig. 1-3 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Bahia). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Porto Seguro, CEPLAC/CEPEC/Estação Ecológica do Pau Brasil (ESPAB) (16°23’50’’S, 39°10’28’’W), 101 m., 5-6.xi.2011 (M.L. Oliveira, Y.A.M. Velasco & B.J.B. Jahyny). Primary type depository: CPDC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paratype major workers, 7 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CPDC, INPA, MCZC, MNHN, MPEG, MZSP.