Protonym: Pheidole batrachorum
Authorship Wheeler, 1922: 128
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Fischer et al., 2012: 14). Primary type locality: lectotype Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Akenge, stomach of toad Bufo polycercus (H.O. Lang). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker, 3 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Akenge, stomach of frog Arthroleptis variabilis (H.O. Lang). Secondary type depositories: AMNH, USNM (perhaps also MCZC).
Type notes 1) Original description cites 4 syntype major workers, 21 syntype minor workers. 2) Other original syntype locality: Akenge, stomach of toad Bufo funereus (H.O. Lang).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole batrachorum Species Valid Original combination