Pheidole litigiosa

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Pheidole litigiosa Forel, 1892 valid

Pheidole sikorae var. litigiosa Forel, 1892l: 526 (s.w.q.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 91). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Antananarivo, Forêt d’Andrangoloaka (F. Sikora). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101628 (top specimen). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker, 2 paralectotype minor workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0923210, CASENT0923211, CASENT0101935, CASENT0101638.

Lectotype designation: Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 91.
Subspecies of Pheidole sikorae: Emery, 1921c: 90; Wheeler, 1922: 1020; Bolton, 1995b: 324.
Status as species: Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 91 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Pheidole sikorae litigiosa

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Forel, A. 1892l. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 36:516-535. PDF
Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2020b. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar. ZooKeys 949:1-185. 10.3897/zookeys.949.51269 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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