Protonym: Pheidole sericella
Authorship Viehmeyer, 1914b: 33
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea (“German New Guinea”): Satellberg (no collector’s name). Primary type depositories: MNHU, SIZK (perhaps also SMTD).
Type notes Kostyuk, 1976: 95, cites 1 minor worker syntype in SIZK.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole sericella Species Valid Original combination