Pheidole megacephala

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Pheidole megacephala Smith, 1860 an obsolete combination of Carebara megacephala (Smith, 1860)

Pheidole megacephala Smith, 1860b: 112 (s.) INDONESIA (Bacan I.). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan I.), "Bac.53" (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 464, cites 1 major worker in OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).

Citations

Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4):93-143. PDF

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