Protonym: Pheidole areniphila var. aurora
Authorship Santschi, 1928f: 204
Forms s.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality TANZANIA
Primary type information Primary type material: 5 syntype major worker, 3 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Tanzania: Tanga, 6.v.1925 (G. Arnold). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0913268, CASENT0913269.
Type notes Santschi incorrectly gave the type locality as “Afrique Orientale anglaise” (= Kenya).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole areniphila aurora Subspecies Valid Original combination