Pheidole megacephala picata

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Pheidole megacephala picata Forel, 1891 an obsolete combination of Pheidole picata Forel, 1891

Pheidole megacephala var. picata Forel, 1891c: 178 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Salata & Fisher, 2022: 18). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Antananarivo (P. Camboué). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101971 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker, 3 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0101767, CASENT0101755.

Citations

Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole megacephala species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malagasy Region. PeerJ 10:30 pp. e13263. 10.7717/peerj.13263 PDF

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