Protonym: Pheidole rufipilis var. divexa
Authorship Forel, 1908: 372
Forms s.w.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (São Paulo)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020: 15). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, 29.i.06 (H. Luederwaldt). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0908118 MP 2409 (lectotype).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0908203 MP 2409, MZSP0088791, MZSP0088794.
Type notes 1) Original description also cites 1 (?) syntype male. 2) Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020: 15, include a syntype queen, which is not mentioned in the original description. 3) Mônica Antunes Ulysséa cites 1 minor worker syntype, 2 major worker syntypes, 2 male syntypes in MZSP (MZSP0088791, MZSP0088794). 3) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 2409, Pheidole rufipilis For. var. divexa For. (Formicidae), 29.i.06, H. Luederwaldt, Campos do Jordão (São Paulo), ninho debaixo de uma pedra. Forel det. 11. Public! ao Dr. Emery. 4) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole rufipilis divexa Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole strobeli Emery, 1906
Original combination