Protonym: Pheidole (Pheidole) oceanica var. nigriscapa
Authorship Santschi, 1928a: 48, fig. 3a
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Oceania
Locality SAMOA (Upolu I.)
Primary type information Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, 7 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: major worker Samoa: Upolu, Apia, 8.xii.1925 (no collector’s name), minor workers Samoa: Upolu, Apia, 3.iii.1924, and x.1911 (H. Swale). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913313.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole oceanica nigriscapa Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
Original combination