Pheidole pusilla (Heer, 1852) junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Oecophthora pusilla Heer, 1852: 15, pl. 1, figs. 1-4 (s.w.q.m.) PORTUGAL (Madeira I.). Palearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Portugal: Madeira (O. Heer?). Primary type depository: unknown. Type notes: According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 108, Heer’s material is in the Entomology Department of THZS. However, Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 238, found much of Heer’s fossil material in GBWA, NHMW, and UMJA.
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