Protonym: Pheidole onifera
Authorship Mann, 1921: 427, fig. 12
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Oceania
Locality FIJI (Viti Levu)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Nadarivatu, 1915-16 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.
Type notes 1) Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 101, cite 7 major workers, 16 minor workers, 1 queen (2s, 10w, 1q MCZC (the original description does not mention a queen), 5s, 6w USNM). 2) Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 101, indicate that red-labelled “cotypes” from Ovalau (MCZC) are not original syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole onifera Species Valid Original combination