Protonym: Pheidole niapuana
Authorship Wheeler, 1922: 136, fig. 34
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niapu, vi.1913 (H.O. Lang). Primary type depositories: AMNH, USNM (perhaps also MCZC).
Type notes Fischer et al., 2012: 33, cite 7 major worker, 5 minor worker syntypes in USNM.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole niapuana Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910
Original combination